Word: pinkertons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...article on [the theft of six art masterworks from the Toronto Art Gallery -Sept. 28], you say "the thieves . . . dodged from room to room while Pinkerton guards made their final rounds before closing...
Vice President and General Manager Pinkerton's National Detective Agency, Inc. New York City...
...robbery occurred six weeks after the Pinkerton contract ended. TIME erred...
...were questions that no one could answer. But gallery officials were sure that the robbers had carefully cased the joint, since not one alarm in an intricate security system had been sounded. Most plausible theory: the thieves sauntered into the gallery before closing, dodged from room to room while Pinkerton guards made their final rounds before closing...
...century A.D., Gagaku was confined to the court in the 17th century, has been seen by the general public only since the end of World War II. No longer supported by the court, the troupe still uses the resplendent gold-and-silk costumes privately owned by the Emperor; a Pinkerton man is guarding them during the troupe's 16 Manhattan performances. (The troupe will also go on a cross-country tour, with stops at Boston, Washington, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles...