Word: information
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Student leaders after learning what happened then summoned other male students from their dorms to inform them of the events that had taken place. The president of the college, Dr. Robert L. Owens, III after an exchange with several leaders was pursuaded to go to the city jail and see if any charges had been filed against the arrested students. He left immediately...
...word cop means many things to many people, and its origin is not certain. One explanation is that it is the abbreviation for Constable of Police; another traces it to the verb copper?to arrest or inform against. * Apparently from "Mr. Charlie," the equivalent of honky or whitey. -In an experimental program pioneered by the Vera Institute of Justice, New York is now sending many Bowery drunks to an infirmary, where they are dried out, counseled, and assisted in finding jobs. In six months, only 150 of the 650 men treated have been arrested again...
...airport and personally directed every operation and news release from his corner office in the palace. "We must bomb the enemy systematically," he instructed his commander by phone. Later, Duvalier rang up Washington, where the Haitian ambassador, Arthur Bonhomme, was holding a press conference, and instructed the diplomat to inform the assembled reporters that Papa's troops were "mopping up right...
...Albert Juross and Marino Mase) listen slack-jawed as two soldiers (carabiniers) try to entice them into fighting in the King's army, offering a catalogue of the loot and license the recruits will enjoy: cattle, Maseratis, naked girls, the opportunity to break children's arms and inform on innocents. At last they are persuaded, and go off to conquer the world. It is not long, of course, before the world conquers them. Against photographer Raoul Coutard's haunted landscapes -interrupted by newsreel footage of atrocities and death - they loot and plunder, lifting skirts and wallets...
...phone continues to ring and we inform the callers that we are sorry, but Dr. Kirk will not be in today, because Columbia is under new management. After noon, all the phones are cut off by the administration...