Word: crimed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...main reason for the high crime rate in the U.S. today is the lack of law enforcement and the laxity and slow process of the courts in punishing offenders. The gun run now in progress is certainly not being carried out by potential criminals but rather by citizens who wish to protect themselves and their families, since they can no longer depend on the authorities to do this job. Before we do something foolish in a time when we are guided by our emotions rather than our reason, we may do well to recall the words of Benjamin Franklin: "They...
Seeking Luster. The mood of the nation reflects ambiguity: craving new approaches and answers, yet responsive to a deepening conservatism; anxious to heal the blighted cities, yet apprehensive about riots and crime. There is little exuberance. Humphrey has lived to regret his "politics of joy" effusion. McCarthy's mien is often somber, and Rockefeller, despite his smiling expeditions through campaign crowds, speaks with earnest gravity about the cities...
...Whoever commits the abominable and detestable crime against nature with mankind or beast shall be deemed guilty of sodomy." In such indirect language, an Indiana statute makes oral or anal intercourse a crime. Even if he knew about the law, Charles Cotner of Jasper County, Ind., could hardly believe that it covered married couples in the privacy of their bedrooms...
...after Robert Kennedy died by a bullet, another sort of shooting was taking place in the comics. Encapsulated in his crime-busting space ship, Dick Tracy was just about to let his enemy Intro have it with a laser ray gun. "This is not a no-win game like the sadists play," Tracy shouted at Intro, below him aboard an old-fashioned yacht. "We're out to vaporize you." The strip, carried in 800 newspapers, then concluded with a panel showing a spindly hand, labeled "under world," being bashed by a gold bar. Said the caption: "Violence is golden...
After drawing Dick Tracy for 37 years, Creator Chester Gould, 67, doesn't understand what all the fuss is about. "How do you think we defeated Hitler," he scoffs, "if it wasn't with violence? This is a war we're in, a battle against crime. We have to resort to violence to protect ourselves against evil." As if to underscore his point, Tracy continued merrily on his violent way. Having vaporized Intro in the Caribbean, he is asked by a late arrival where the enemy is. As the fumes rise from the placid waters, Tracy replies...