Word: detains
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this Harvardian aroused the suspicions of a Cambridge officer, who obviously felt that no law-abiding citizen should be caught dead in a long black cape. Seeing this sinister character emerge from a dark side-street, the officer immediately summoned the assistance of two Cambridge youths in order to detain the supposed culprit. The appearance of uncivil inhabitants of the town at an official arrest caused some confusion in the student's mind, and ill-considered words were exchanged on both sides. When the student was found to be without identification, the ensuing heated language eventually led to the imprisonment...
...live in a requisitioned house, they will have to get out within a year. Unlike the Germans themselves, the G.I.s will not be subject to property or income taxes; nor will they be subject to criminal prosecution in German courts (though the German police will have the right to "detain" them under certain conditions...
...Finley version, posted in Eliot House, warned of the thefts and continued: "You are urged by the University Police to tackle any such intruder, detain him, and call the police--after which you may go back...
...stony meetings of rival belligerents on the Military Armistice Commission in Panmunjom, the Communists lodged 44 complaints of armistice violations, seriously pressed only one charge: an accusation that "bandits" representing Rhee and Chiang Kai-shek are being used to "intimidate" and "forcibly detain" Chinese and Korean prisoners. The factual basis to their charge: before they are moved north into neutral Indian custody for "explanations" by the Communists about why they should return home, anti-Communist prisoners are being reassured of their rights and opportunities. Chiang Kai-shek's picture, a statement in his name assuring Chinese prisoners...
Doctors at Cambridge City Hospital, where Mr. Psoras was taken wanted to detain him for further observation, but he declined and signed out immediately after receiving the stitches...