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Word: copse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Many a European in Morocco now carries a gun as a matter of course. But not all the terrorism in Morocco is perpetrated by native Moors, and not all the European guns are used in self-defense. In recent weeks, there has been an increase of cases of European terrorism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOROCCO: The Vigilantes | 1/31/1955 | See Source »

The orderly work of the cops and courts unquestionably relieved the tensions that had built up during the most tragic fortnight in Panama's history. Cecilia Remón, Chichi's widow, took to the radio to ask the people to give the government of new President Ricardo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PANAMA: Toward a Trial | 1/31/1955 | See Source »

Dishwashing & Diplomacy. Costa Rica went to war with zooming spirits to fight what Figueres called "the unhappy mercenaries from Nicaragua." Boy Scouts took over traffic direction to set the cops free, and the Civil Guard freely handed out Mausers and officers' commissions (instead of pay) to the volunteers. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COSTA RICA: Invasion | 1/24/1955 | See Source »

At Wit's End. The cops also nabbed a touring New Yorker, Martin Irving LipStein, 34, who had arrived before the killing and aroused suspicion by his eagerness to leave the next day. Lipstein produced an alibi, swearing that he had been rubbernecking at ships in the canal at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PANAMA: Murder of a Strongman | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

After a police roundup jailed 300 homosexuals in one night last week, Buenos Aires' well-coached press promptly drew the moral the government wanted: sex-deviation was on the increase in Argentina, and the obvious answer to the problem was legalized prostitution. One newspaper also blamed the country'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Back to the Bordello | 1/10/1955 | See Source »

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