Word: patrolmen
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...patrolmen, huddled in their squadcar on a windswept corner of the Square, just laughed when asked if they had chosen to work the all-night shift. "I really don't mind it" said one stubble-chinned old sergeant, "but the young fellows don't care too much for it. They'd rather be out with the women, I guess...
What happened to him after that was quite unusual in Kansas. State highway patrolmen, who ordinarily pay no mind to citizens bringing in small amounts of liquor, stopped his car and searched...
Four armed bandits plus a driver of their getaway car pulled a daring daylight robbery this morning of the Harvard Cooperative Society, and made a successful $50,000 robbery screened by smoke bombs and under the eyes of two Cambridge patrolmen...
...Chase Hall, a group of students heard the shots and shouts of the patrolmen and stopped the youth, one of them hitting him with a large notebook. Handcuffed, he was beaten by the police officer and collapsed from exhaustion...
...things get slightly out of hand when the master of the house, his divorced wife, and sundry assorted veterans, children, and cops move into the mansion. Up to a certain point the story seems fairly credible. But several scenes, particularly the one in which two patrolmen are so overcome by the beauty of a Christmas Eve gathering that they refrain from reporting the intruders, move the action into the realm of fantasy. By this lapse and by over emphasizing some rather obvious developments, IHOFA lessens its effectiveness. The use of phony emotionalism is unnecessary as the plot is a natural...