Word: copse
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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More serious was the corruption of rank & file party members. After seizing Shanghai, the Third Army command had paired off thousands of Yangtse village Communists with members of the city's Nationalist police force, the idea being that the cop would pick up some Communism and the Communist would...
Scandal Sheet (Columbia] takes a faded leaf out of such newspaper melodramas as Five Star Final (1931) and Gentlemen of the Press (1929). Reporter John Derek never takes off his hat, scoops not only the opposition but also the cops; ruthless Editor Broderick Crawford prints anything to get a rise...
Egypt's government, which alternately stirs and quells fanatic nationalism, sent cops to restore order at the nightspots. Prince Fuad would need the lucky Fs of Fate and Fortune on his side if his country were to avoid a disastrous Foul-Up before he became a man.
Fundamentalist. In Los Angeles, Forest Rollins strolled out on the street stark naked to buy cigarettes, indignantly told the cops who pinched him: "This is the way God made me."
Preventive War. In Miami, Stanley Decker went to a party given by the American Airmotive Corp., got roaring drunk, tangled in five fist fights, was led off by three cops, drew a $10 fine, explained to the judge: "I was there to keep the other guests from acting the way...