Word: copse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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"He had direct knowledge about prisons and cops."
"The task of the police in 1976 is almost impossible," says Inspector General Shaul Rosolio, 53, a lifelong cop with the build of an ironworker who heads Israel's 17,000-officer national police force. Rosolio toils in that meager patch of the possible, searching for more effective ways...
The only discord involves possible demonstrations. The Kansas City Convention Coalition, a mixed bag of protesters ranging from homosexuals to Yippies and anarchists, requested a permit to camp out in Penn Valley Park, a large expanse just behind the Crown Center, where President Ford will be staying. The city refused...
The door had been welded shut-from the inside. Behind it, a group of meticulous weekend robbers had pulled off what French headlines promptly dubbed le fric-frac du siècle (the heist of the century). In daring and imagination, it was in a class with some of the...
Even critics of the police concede that the use of decoys and undercover cops is necessary, particularly in narcotics and vice investigations. "But much of it goes beyond the bounds of fair police work," complains Chicago Defense Attorney Patrick Tuite. In New York, ousted Special Prosecutor Maurice Nadjari arranged for...