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...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Finley Offers Plan For Catching Thief | 4/29/1954 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KOREA: Cold Armistice | 8/24/1953 | See Source »

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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cars Crash in Square; Male Driver Injured, But Woman Is Unhurt | 9/22/1952 | See Source »

Friday night, the woman entered Cabot Hall under the usual pretext, but was intercepted by Cabot Hall's housemother, Florence Garrish, who tried to detain the woman while students summoned police. The woman managed to slip away but was followed by three sophomores from 55 Garden Street, who attracted police to the suspects...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Housemothers Irate Over Releasing of Suspected Pilferers | 12/11/1950 | See Source »

...notable candidate for the Chamber of Deputies was small, shy artist Candido Portinari, famed portrayer of undernourished coffee workers and slick society matrons. Said Portinari, explaining his conversion to politics: "We must all take our posts in this decisive phase of history, whose march no force can detain, because it is more powerful than the atomic bomb." Rio political analysts thought Communist Candidate Fiuza might nose out ex-War Minister General Eurico Caspar Dutra for second place. But most Brazilians were betting on General Eduardo Gomes to win the Presidency. Whoever won would have a man-size job bringing order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Decisive Phase | 11/26/1945 | See Source »

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