Word: holdup
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...Harvard sophomore was fined $35 in East Cambridge District Court yesterday for his part in a Lampoon stunt which consisted of the holdup of a phony Santa Claus in Harvard Square last week...
Testifying for Thompson was Lampoon Circulation Manager John A. Herbert, who explained that the alleged holdup was a part of the magazine's Fool's Week initiations. Santa was another Lampoon candidate...
...pangs of his "hunger for immortality" as he stares out. of the window in his eight-room apartment overlooking Lake Michigan. "I wish I could be a lawyer, a great stage performer, a John Gielgud, an archcriminal. I would love to plot the strategy of a great bank holdup. I frequently plotted one and never carried it through." Then Miller's pleasant voice hits a note of deadly earnest. "I can think of no higher honor than of being asked by the citizens to be mayor of Chicago. I have certainly indicated an interest to a nucleus of people...
...Honor More. In Copenhagen, after reading a lurid newspaper report of the attempted holdup of a woman, a 17-year-old wrongdoer gave himself up to police, explained: "I want to let you know that it hurts my pride to be identified as a sex maniac. All I needed was her money...
...three women to headquarters for questioning. The police released most of the suspects that night or the next day, but held 50 on assorted charges from shoplifting to narcotics peddling. Acting on tips from men arrested in the raid, the cops jailed another score of suspects, including holdup men who had pulled off 49 known robberies within the previous two months...