Word: cops
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Augstein and four of his executives at the newsmagazine Der Spiegel were scooped up in a series of arrests beginning with a Keystone-cop raid on the magazine's Hamburg offices last October. The stated reason: "Suspicion of treason," for allegedly using classified government information in a story blasting the performance of the West German army. After sifting literally millions of papers in the defendants' homes and Der Spiegel's offices, the police glumly stood watch as the remaining editors published successive weekly editions, each of them acidly critical of the whole affair...
Once the top cop had been a loyal F.L.N. fighter for Algeria's freedom. Now he was just another enemy of Premier Ahmed ben Bella-a member of the underground Party of the Socialist Revolution, which today accuses Ben Bella of "neocolonialism, personal dictatorship and sabotage of the revolution." Caught with Harraig in the roundup were about 40 fellow ringleaders in the underground party. Government agents also had their eyes on Algiers' Communists, whose organization now was outlawed. Ben Bella hastened to add that he had not banned the Communist Party-or any other group-for ideology alone...
...negligence suit against a Manhattan parking garage was tossed out of court. Three years ago, Green's left leg was amputated after it was crushed between the garage's self-service elevator platform and the shaft wall; an ambulance intern had to borrow a penknife from a cop to perform the operation. But an all-male jury agreed that Green had no claim. He was operating the elevator himself because he didn't trust the garage attendants to park his M.G. sports...
...political career that once seemed headed for the chancellorship itself. Although he is bright and talented, Strauss's muscular methods have led him into many political blunders. Once, after he deliberately jumped a red light, Strauss caused a national scandal by trying to fire the traffic cop who sent him a summons. More recently, he was involved in an unsavory case of favoritism in contract awards for military housing. He has since been exonerated. If he is to retrieve his reputation and once again climb back up to influence, it will be against the fervent wishes of many...
...closest thing we'll ever have to a pep rally," one participant apologized to his date (referring to Part II, the riot). She smiled. Then a cop, also smiling, pushed them out of earshot...