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Word: manhunt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Supina landed at La Guardia Field, stepped out and waited to be arrested. When nobody showed up to seize him, Supina was somewhat embarrassed because he had no bus fare. He borrowed some cash, made his way to Connecticut and waited patiently while what the press described as a "manhunt" went on. The next day he walked disgustedly into a newspaper office and gave himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Hallucinations | 8/2/1948 | See Source »

...extending like a probing finger from Albania and Yugoslavia into the heart of Greece. In those crags Markos Vafiades can claim to rule. And his influence extends to any rocky slope throughout Greece where armed men may hide beyond the easy reach of troops not anxious to stage a manhunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Captain of the Crags | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

...town, is unsuccessfully high-pressured but effectively soft-soaped into accepting the town's mores. She signs a paper that frames a Negro for rape and lets a white murderer go free. Afterwards Lizzie (well played by Meg Mundy*) feels tricked and disturbed, hides the Negro during a manhunt. But Liz eventually becomes resigned and "respectful"-she agrees to be the mistress of a particularly bigoted big shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Apr. 5, 1948 | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

...copy deadline is November 25. Publication will take place shortly after the University returns form its Christmas vacation, and an editorial manhunt by charged authors is to follow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editors Pass Hat for Buried Lit Treasures | 11/8/1947 | See Source »

...manhunt was on against at Soldiers Field yesterday, but this time Dick Harlow was looking for tackles, not fullbacks. Regular tackles Chet Pierce and Howie Houston are both on the medical list, at least temporarily. Whether they will be able to play Saturday will probably be decided by the doctors this afternoon...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: Houston, Pierce on Injured List, Rodies Moves on Tackle | 10/22/1947 | See Source »

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