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Word: copse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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First Pinch. Hoover had long since won over most of his earlier detractors. Even the local cops, who had once resented the G-men's headline-grabbing talents, were boosters now. The last time Congress even questioned an FBI appropriation was in 1936, when Tennessee's querulous Senator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOARDS & BUREAUS: The Watchful Eye | 8/8/1949 | See Source »

In Brussels, a policeman caught Marcel, a 14-year-old lad, illegally swimming in a canal. A perspiring judge asked the cop: "Did you see him leave the water?" "Yes, sir." "Did you see him enter the water?" "No, sir." "In that case," ruled the humane judge, "the boy is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATURE: The Heat of the Day | 8/8/1949 | See Source »

Baby Sitter. With cops ratting on each other so fast, it was hard for an honest hood to decide which law to work with. A grand jury went to work. Mickey knew things were out of hand when State Attorney General Fred Howser sent a special agent to be his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Clay Pigeon | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

The government went into action within minutes after the shooting. Armed cops were concentrated at the Central Police Station on Sixth Avenue, the city's main street. The guard at the governmental palace broke out machine guns, barred the doors. Telephone service was suspended, and the air force sent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Strong Man Out | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

Shouts & Tremors With no script girl handy to take it all down, there was naturally some confusion about blonde, bulb-eyed ex-Cinemactress Joan Blondell's backstage ad-libbing. Producer Harold J. Kennedy, who had hired Miss Blondell for a week's stand in Happy Birthday at Princeton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Hail & Farewell | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

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