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Word: policeman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tried to choke him when he went after it, bit the leg of a second cop rushing in for the rescue, dug her teeth into the hand of a lieutenant who hoped to rescue his two casualties, was finally subdued and put in a cell by a fourth policeman who hurriedly slammed the cell door shut-square on his left hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 7, 1957 | 10/7/1957 | See Source »

...first time all year a Soldiers Field policeman yesterday asked reporters for identification before admitting them to practice. "Well okay," he told one grudgingly, "it's all right as long as you're not Cornell...

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: Cornell Favored by 12 Points In Yovicsin's Opening Contest | 10/5/1957 | See Source »

...activities temporarily because killing dropped from an art to an occupation. When we meet him now, he is back in practice; his prey is Sir Gregory Upshott, an international water-muddier. Sim stalks him intently and wittily, particularly in a demonstration of chessmanship during which Sim deftly diverts a policeman's attention while moving a dead body...

Author: By Lawrence Hartmann, | Title: The Green Man | 10/3/1957 | See Source »

Lady Luck. In Oklahoma City, Policeman R. W. Starr gallantly assisted a woman who was having trouble with a parking meter, banged it hard a couple of times, gave her a summons when a slug appeared behind the glass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 30, 1957 | 9/30/1957 | See Source »

Preservation Problem. In Milwaukee, after Tavern Owner Edwin Andrzejewski, 42, indignantly affirmed that the drinks on his bar were leftovers from the day before, he was booked for selling liquor on election day when he failed to answer a policeman's question: "The ice cubes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 23, 1957 | 9/23/1957 | See Source »

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