Word: cops
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...implied criticism of his defense policies. Conservatives on the platform went into open revolt, and the situation got so out of hand that Laird had to step in and take over the chairman's gavel from Illinois' inexperienced Charles Percy. Within 20 hours, acting both as cop and conciliator, Laird worked things out. Again, in 1962, he was the chief architect of a Declaration of Republican Principle and Policy, which has been endorsed both by Goldwater and his moderate Republican opponents...
Ostensibly inspired by his own experiences with municipal corruption, Flicker soon wraps his hero in red tape and delivers him to a greedy pack of policemen, firemen, city inspectors and hotshot racketeers, all seeking payoffs. The cop is a half-witted movie monster, obviously put together by graft. The fireman is a Negro with an Irish brogue. Behind them all looms the Syndicate's Mr. Big, who may or may not be the local crime commissioner...
...students who appeared at the Plympton St. scooter lot yesterday evening to snatch up one of the abandoned vehicles on sale by the HCUA were in for a surprise. Instead of a honey-mouthed auctioneer, they met a taciturn University cop, slowly shaking his head...
...javelin will pit Paul Mallas of Navy against Columbia's Len, DeFlore for the championship. Croasdale should cop the hammer throw with Columbia's Bill Brown, Cornell's Gage, and Midshipman Bill Gleeson the top contenders. All have topped...
...often the problem is delay in the law's enforcement-the interminable minutes it can take to reach the police. In an age of computers and digit dialing, it may be easier to phone "Hiya" to a pal in Addis Ababa than to call "Help" to a cop a few blocks away...