Word: copse
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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¶ 42-man confidential squad that reports directly to Kennedy, spies on the rest of the department with Minifones, movie cameras and tape recorders to catch crooked cops in acts of dishonesty and keep the rest of the department as close as possible at the side of the angels.*
Turning to Detective Rochman, Costello ordered: "Check the wool on 'em, Frank." Rochman ran his hands through the hair of both the boys and girls, looking for concealed razor blades, found none. The cops rolled on.
Since that incident there has been no cool between Police Commissioner Kennedy and the New York City Youth Board. Says one board official bitterly: "All Kennedy wants is to swing the big stick, arrest more kids, get more cops, bust up gangs. Where's his respect for the human...
Pennywhistle lyrics have also become the urban African's version of the bush telegraph, warning against fickle women, street fights and raids by the "head-bashers" (white cops). Some titles convey political messages. One called Azi Khwelwa ("We don't ride" in Zulu) was banned by South African...
Soprano Callas' exit looked to some operagoers like a retreat in her six-year-old war against Soprano Renata Tebaldi. Callas won the first battle in 1955, when her rival disappeared from La Scala; Tebaldi has not sung there since. But while Tebaldi began a brilliant new career at...