Word: copse
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The illicit dagga traffic has been on the rise recently, and local police have long suspected the existence of some great new source of the drug. On patrol of the foothills lying beneath the great, rugged Drakensberg Mountains a fortnight ago, a party of seven policemen discovered one such source...
All accounts agreed that the episode started as a protest by students of Fermin Toro high school in Caracas (pop. 1,000,000) against the sudden switch of examinations from the usual period in July to February. High-spiritedly, the teen-agers marched off toward the Ministry of Education. Almost...
Reconstructionist. In Hazard, Ky., Oliver Cole, 40, was arrested after neighbors phoned the cops, complained that he stood in the street pounding on a garbage can while loudly campaigning for another term for Abraham Lincoln.
Twist of Fate. In Newark, Leroy Bonner, 24, confessed that he had robbed a local gas station and diner, told the cops that he had turned to crime because he just couldn't make a living baking, bending and selling pretzels.
Dim Viewer. In Milwaukee, Robert W. Sump was fined $100 for reckless driving, despite his explanation to the cops who chased him at speeds up to 80 m.p.h. that he: 1) did not hear their sirens or see their flashing warning lights; 2) merely overlooked one traffic light and four...