Word: copse
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Call Her Mrs. Most of them have never even known normal family life. Of 334 families in one apartment project, only eleven are headed by men. Out of consideration, most unwed mothers are called "Mrs.," but a resident warns: "You don't ask a Negro woman about her husband...
High-Decibel Hymnfests. The only property that Father Divine ever held in his own name was an eight-room house in Sayville, Long Island, where he settled in 1919 to minister to his growing congregation. During one highdecibel hymnfest there in 1931, the cops moved in and arrested Father Divine...
Night. Rain. Pavement squeegeed dry by tires of car ahead. NEW ENGLAND KEEP LEFT, chk-chk-chk from cars in opposite lanes, their headlights spaced out evenly by expert tailgating. Radio: "Hurricane Betsy is acting up again." Sensation of pleasant tension, smooth-pumping pistons, wiper-rhythm. WARNING SPEED CHECKED BY...
They roared into action when a police radio squawked "QK-7554"-the license number of an oncoming Corvair. "It's a hit!" chortled one cop. "I've got the warrant!" shouted another. The cops flagged down the Corvair, flashed their warrant and arrested the driver-Gloria Placente, 34...
Since 65% to 90% of reported crimes involve cars, the cops see Corral as the sharpest new weapon in their fast-growing arsenal of computerized devices against crime (TIME, July 30). Though that is something to cheer about, last week's demonstration had the circus look of an elephant...