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...evasive. M.I.T.'s Dirk Struik? "Struik, they asked him if he was a Commie and he said, 'Of course not, but I'm a good Markist' (sic). And you all know what Karl Marx was. That's like saying, 'I'm not a thief but I'm a good pickpocket...

Author: By Daniel Eilsberg, | Title: Cabbages and Kings | 4/10/1951 | See Source »

Another outstanding National League rookie is Centerfielder Sam Jethroe of the Boston Braves (TIME, March 20), who steals bases with the ease of a practiced pickpocket. Ordinarily no slugger, switch-hitter Jethroe has several times managed to knock the ball out of the park when a home run was what the Braves needed most, and his early-season average as a .300 hitter brought him a salary raise. At midseason, the fleet 28-year-old Negro is the almost unchallenged base-stealer of the major leagues: 24 bases, 15 more than his nearest competitor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Big League | 7/24/1950 | See Source »

...Bite. In Eastbourne, England, police warned the public against a pickpocket who squirts toothpaste on his victims' clothing, then niches their wallets while helping them wipe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 3, 1950 | 7/3/1950 | See Source »

...achieving of high humanitarian purposes by the easy method of using the involuntary good Samaritan ... is not edifying. There ought to be a better method of making the legal order effective for our humanitarian ideals than that of Robin Hood or that of the pickpocket who . . . was so moved by the preacher's eloquence that he picked the pockets of everyone in reach and put the contents in the plate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: The Involuntary Good Samaritan | 2/20/1950 | See Source »

...Bingham is worried about the kids taking the wrong scats and their getting involved in pickpocket incidents," Unverferth said, "so he will release seats only to groups invited...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Urges More Gamins At Grid Tilts | 11/30/1949 | See Source »

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