Word: copse
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cops & Conservatism. Fact is that Desai has never hesitated to ignore Gandhi's injunctions against violence, when necessary, in order to uphold the law. During the bloody rioting between Hindus, Moslems and Sikhs that racked India in the months before and after independence, Desai's skilled and vigorous...
The force that impelled Batista to drop the mantle of conciliation and move to open dictatorship was a sudden, unexpected threat from Cuba's judiciary. While proclaiming "we love democracy," the President had long winked at the activities of a small group of police and military men whose rough...
As Batista decided that his regime's future lay with cops rather than conciliation, the army announced that it would augment its 22,000-man force by calling up another 7,000 recruits.
Within 30 seconds, Newshound Van Slycke had his hot tape on the air. KITE then wrapped up the story with another "on-the-spot report" when one of the station's own secretaries just happened along the street a few minutes later as cops collared the fleeing robber and...
Picket. In Ardmore, Okla., State Trooper Paul Clark was waved down by a man at the side of the road who got himself arrested when he stuck his head in the window, warned: "Hey, the highway cops are working a radar trap over the hill."