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Word: flavin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Each week, recently, at least ten users of amphetamine for kicks have been questioned at Kansas City police headquarters. Virtually all, says Lieut. John Flavin of the narcotics bureau, have admitted robberies, holdups and muggings, committed while they were hopped up. Adds Flavin: "There are at least 200 known users in the city, and at least twice as many that we don't know about. The men range from 18 up, with most in their early 20s. The women are mainly from 14 to 25. They come from the most expensive neighborhoods and the poorest, and some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Amphetamine Kicks | 2/2/1959 | See Source »

...case Flavin had the best selfincriminating evidence imaginable. Gary A. Hamilton, 22, ordered tea at a drugstore lunch counter, poured the hot water into an inhaler, and while still in the store went into an automatic photo booth and took six pictures of himself injecting the soup into his arm. Why the pictures? Said Hamilton: to impress his friends, and also to show them the technique. Sentence: 60 days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Amphetamine Kicks | 2/2/1959 | See Source »

John L. Patterson sings the title role of Amadis opposite Marguerite Willauer of the New England Conservatory. William Flavin, Peter Coyne, Adele Milhender, and Anne English hold other important parts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell House Will Hold U.S. Premiere of Lully's Opera, 'Amadis de Gaulle,' Tonight | 3/15/1951 | See Source »

John L. Patterson '51 will sing the title role of Amadis opposite Marguerite Willauer of the Boston Symphony. William Flavin will sing Florestan and Peter Coyne '51 will sing Arcalus. Adele Milhender and Anne English will sing Arcabonne and Corisande. The opera's plot, a "lyrical tragedy" on the ideals of courtly love, has been cut and modernized...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell Musical Society to Present Lully's 'Amadis' on Next Weekend | 3/6/1951 | See Source »

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