Word: copse
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Outside in the cool November night, the golden leaves of the maples and oaks drifting down, the sidewalk along Pennsylvania Avenue was nearly deserted, a few late workers hurrying for buses, cops loitering. Once again the world's greatest power had changed the guard with hardly a ripple.
They perform with a Harlem gospel choir on a version of I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For that becomes a bit of casual exaltation ex rock cathedra. They cook up a new song for the great bluesman B.B. King, When Love Comes to Town, and kick...
"It was a spontaneous thing done just for fun," the student said, "but if the cops had come along, I think we would have offered to put all the toilet paper back."
Why do motorists flee from the scenes of minor infractions? Panic, usually, says Michigan State's Beckman. "They run because they're driving Uncle Freddie's car, when Uncle Freddie told them not to. Or they have a six-pack of beer in the car and they're underage. Or...
Many police departments now have writtenguidelines that require officers to notify headquarters as soon as they begin a chase to report their reason for pursuit and their speed and location at regular intervals. Monitoring supervisors can call off a chase if they consider it unwarranted or when it threatens lives...