Word: method
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Chickens" & "Shakemen." The ring's chief method of operation was as simple as it was effective. A decoy-the part played by Fellebaum, 27, an ex-weight lifter-would pick up a victim, usually in a bar, take him to a hotel room and engage in a homosexual act. The decoy, called a "chicken," would then steal or take by force the victim's credit cards and identification, and give them to the ring's "shakemen." Days, weeks, or even months later, the shakemen, posing as police officers, would visit the victim. They would tell him that...
...number of people actually vulnerable to such crimes, says Professor Robison, the crime clock presents a distorted picture: "Since the base figures cover an entire year, the number of offenses should be divided by 365 days to represent the chances that any one person would risk. Utilizing this method, rough calculations for murder in 1964 suggest that in the country as a whole, the chance of being, murdered on a given day is approximately one in two million...
Thus, many grand and petit juries in the Fifth Circuit cannot take valid action until a constitutional method is available. Katzenbach said...
...psychedelic drugs is an energy-sapping addiction...and is inappropriate as a method for spiritual growth," writes Cohen. He indicts both LSD and marijuana...
...Agena. With hatch closed, the crew will back off until the tether is taut, then try to create artificial gravity within the spacecraft by twirling it, like a bucket at the end of a line. The 100-ft. hobble may also prove to be an efficient method of stationkeeping with the Agena...