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Word: laureen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Tired after a day of shopping, Laureen Bernstein, now 24, a Brooklyn bank teller, was about to leave a local branch of the Korvettes department store chain when a store detective grabbed her from behind. "Hey, you!" he shouted. "What are you doing? What's wrong?" asked the terrified Bernstein. She told psychiatrists later that she feared she was about to be thrown into a car, stabbed or raped. The store detectives suspected Bernstein of being an accessory of two Puerto Rican girls they had apprehended earlier for shoplifting. Even though no stolen merchandise was found on Bernstein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Misery Worth Millions | 5/31/1976 | See Source »

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