Word: holdup
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...table, where she had tossed some of her jewelry the night before. She pleaded: "Don't take my jewels. I worked hard to get them . . . There's $1,000 in my bag over there. Take that and I won't turn you in." One of the holdup men seemed to hesitate. One swore. The first one snapped: "Watch your language; ladies present." They ordered Miss Parnis and her secretary into a bathroom, barricaded the door, and left with $114,800 worth of jewelry, plus...
Quick Diagnosis. In Manhattan, wounded by a holdup man, hospitalized Sam Klein took one shocked look at the new patient getting into the next bed, frantically cried: "That's the guy who shot...
...resulting deadlock, the U.S. had to dip into its strategic stockpile, ration tin to industry. Columnist David Lawrence charged Bolivia, in collusion with British-Southeast Asia interests, with "the biggest holdup in the whole field of raw materials," and asserted that its tin owners, "now getting a 100% return on their invested capital, expect even more if the new phases of the blackmail should be successful...
MARCH-The Informer. In Pittsburgh, after 40 holdup victims were unable to identify any suspect in a police lineup, one of the suspects obliged by identifying three of the persons he had held...
...Informer. In Pittsburgh, after 40 holdup victims were unable to identify any suspect in a police lineup, one of the suspects obliged by identifying three of the persons he had held...