Word: copse
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Goggle-Eyed Cops. At dawn on the day of the planned raids, New York City cops swooped down on Goldy's Diner in South Ozone Park, Queens, and arrested six coffee drinkers who claimed that they were simply going hunting with the grenades, pipe bombs and rifles in their...
When the day was over, goggle-eyed cops found they had confiscated an array of weaponry that would have enabled the original Minutemen of 1775 to rout the British at Lexington and conquer England as well. The trove included 115 rifles, five mortars, nine machine guns, 26 pistols, brass-knuckled...
The incident was symptomatic of India's current jitters, which make the slightest cause a provocation of mob violence. In New Delhi last week, when a bus failed to stop for waiting students, the youths chased it down, shooed out the driver and passengers, and set it afire. In...
In the summer of 1965, two Fort Worth gas-station attendants reported that a couple of Negro gunmen had robbed them of $3,000 in broad day light. Not until a month later did the city's undermanned police force pick up a suspect. Then Negro Truck Driver Ervin...
Justice works slowly in the islands, and not until Dec. 7, 1939, was Marcos arrested for the murder. He was then within five months of graduating with honors from law school. From his jail cell, Marcos successfully petitioned for his release on bail, then succeeded in winning his degree (two...