Word: copse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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To the owners of 15 million Citizens Band radio sets, and some of the millions more who have become familiar with CB language from records and TV shows, the message was loud and clear: a nontrucker from New York City, whose CB nickname is Red Vine, was driving his Volkswagen...
It was cops v. cons in a football game straight out of the 1974 film The Longest Yard. But this time none of the players came from central casting. The quarterback for the boys in blue denim was Black Militant H. Rap Brown, 32, now serving a 5-to-15...
"I never enjoyed being beaten by cops or worrying about going to jail," he said. "In fact, I didn't like large demonstrations."
Thompson became a legend among state cops. "We were always one step behind him," says Indiana Police Captain Doug Buck. Declared Thompson last week before dictating his 13-page confession: "I wouldn't attempt to guess how many states I've worked." He immediately ticked off eight. He...
Sixty-seven years after it was first proposed, 16 years after the present plan was devised, seven years after excavation crews began tearing up the streets, the first subway system in the nation's capital was opened to the public last week-40 months behind schedule. In some ways...