Word: copse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This morning Lawrence is bound for Nogales with Partner Bill Morgan to give a lecture on tracking. The class is a mix of state narcs, Tucson cops and customs officers. Lawrence and his desert lore are a curiosity to most of the audience. But they know his specialty means more...
Porter Square, a mile north of Harvard Square, is a rundown area that will probably boom when its new MBTA stop is completed. Right now, Harvard students use it mainly as a landmark on the way to Steve's, a Somerville ice cream parlor famous first for its long lines...
A man clutches his chest and falls to the floor, as if from a stroke. Bystanders do nothing as two men swoop down and begin to pick the victim's pockets. From the shadows, three subway cops lunge at the thieves, shouting "iNo se muevan!" (Spanish for "Don'...
Most journalists would not yet agree with Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, that in this respect, the Supreme Court has moved "above the law." But the trend is clear and alarming, from the denial of confidentiality of sources to surprise newsroom searches (see LAW). Not only the...
Now it was shrouded in mist, as the cops awaited the onslaught to come. "Wait til you see the whites of their eyes," advised one, grinning, continuing the lookout. Despite the battlefield small-talk and virtual siege-mentality that permeated the Shoreham, N.Y., nuclear power plant, June 3 was a...