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...shortly before noon when the gang of thieves struck. By ripping a screen and prying open a ground-floor window, they entered the Lily Furgerson Child Development Center in Waterloo, Iowa, and swiftly made off with $350 worth of goods. But the weekend burglary had a twist. The robbers were three small children ages 4, 5 and 7. The loot: three fancy tricycles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: Pint-Size Heist | 8/17/1987 | See Source »

Trying to show that Patty had not lived in constant fear of the Harrises, as she claimed, Browning put on the stand Ronald Furgerson, an FBI cryptology expert, who testified about a communications system used by the S.L.A. that was found in her handbag on the day of her arrest. The data, written in code on a card, gave the numbers of public telephones in the San Francisco area. A similar card was found on William Harris when he was arrested. Browning argued that the Harrises would never have given Patty such secrets unless they trusted her. The code...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRIALS: The Plodder Scores Off the Idol | 3/15/1976 | See Source »

...till the end of the seventeenth century that they began to be known. Then it was that Ramsey set going the movement which culminated in the poetry of Burns, in the beautiful representation of every-day, homely experiences. In 1750 was born the true precursor of Burns, Robert Furgerson, from whom the greater poet gathered many ideas and suggestions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mr. Black's Lecture. | 4/4/1893 | See Source »

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