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Word: policeman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Shoulders took a key from Hall's pocket and opened one of two suitcases in the room. It was filled with money. The policeman took Hall to the station, where Shoulders opened the second suitcase. When he saw the currency in it, he thought: "This has got to be the payoff on the Greenlease boy." He turned to Hall and said: "Now, mister, you're hooked. We know all about you." Replied Hall: "I know. I knew when you put that gun in my belly it was all up with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: A Man with Soft Hands | 10/19/1953 | See Source »

...need street policemen on beats. In the old days these men had contacts and could tell who pulled what kind of a job. Now the policemen don't have any contacts, and the people don't have the sense of security they used to get from watching the neighborhood policeman...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: The Cop on the Beat | 10/13/1953 | See Source »

Died. Frank Munn, 58, Bronx-born tenor, "The Golden Voice of Radio" during the '30s and early '40s; of a heart attack; in New York City. A policeman's son, he learned to sing by memorizing popular recordings, mimicking what he heard. As "Paul Oliver" on radio's Palmolive Hour, he became a nationwide favorite. In 1931 he dropped the pseudonym, and, never appearing on stage or screen, became star soloist on NBC's weekly Album of Familiar Music, Waltz Time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 12, 1953 | 10/12/1953 | See Source »

...police guard, including Johnston's uncle, a deputy sheriff, was immediately posted around the Johnson home. When the youth appeared on Thursday night, the officers moved to stop him and the shooting occurred. Johnson's uncle suffered a leg would and another policeman was shot in the hand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Berserk Yale Man Held in Colorado After Shooting 2 | 10/10/1953 | See Source »

...Beacon Hill's population increased, Louisburg Square suffered a constant, if mild invasion of its private property. Contemptuous gas buggies parked in the space that was reserved for Louisburg residents. The residents were forced to recognize the new motor fad and resignedly hired a policeman to ticket illegal parkers. At times the trespassers have proved so numerous that the Proprietors have put up gates across each end of the Square to keep out inquisitive Boston...

Author: By Michael O. Finkelstein, | Title: Louisburg Square | 10/9/1953 | See Source »

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