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Word: getaways (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Perfect Getaway. In Milwaukee, after José Ortega was summoned to federal court for an income tax hearing, an attorney offered reasons for Ortega's nonappearance: his client was deported to Mexico for illegal entry last year, is now in Guadalajara, awaiting trial for murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 16, 1959 | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

...sell land to Jews and the murder of a British official on the steps of a church in Nazareth. Barred from several Arab countries including Iraq, he reportedly slipped in from Syria as scores of other terrorists have been doing in recent months, and just as efficiently made his getaway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAQ: Shots in the Street | 10/19/1959 | See Source »

...Berrien County, Ga.. a moonshiners' ancient auto, capable of making a 147-m.p.h. getaway with a load of 200 gallons of corn liquor, was bought at auction by County Sheriff Walter Gaskins, who will use it to chase moonshiners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 27, 1959 | 7/27/1959 | See Source »

Silver Anniversary. In Yonkers, N.Y., three thugs held up a branch bank, made their getaway carrying nearly $50,000 in two shopping bags decorated with birthday candles and brightly colored letters that said: "FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN YONKERS-A Gift for You to Celebrate our 25th Year in Yonkers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, may 18, 1959 | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

...even on the level with one another. When they play poker to see who will do the actual shooting, the cards are stacked by drunken Eduardo and tough-talking little Luis so that David, the kindest and weakest of the bunch, has to do the dirty work. The deed-getaway car and all-is planned coldly by Agustin, a young painter for whom art is not enough. The crime fails not because his plan is faulty but because David cannot pull the trigger as he faces the easy victim.* The gang splits. Before novel's end, a murder does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mixed Fiction, Feb. 16, 1959 | 2/16/1959 | See Source »

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