Word: policeman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...went next to Durban's main railroad station, sat down on a bench marked in large white letters: "For Europeans Only." A policeman strode up, and demanded the violator's name. The man gave it: Manilal Gandhi; age, 58; occupation, editor of the Durban weekly Indian Opinion. The cop told him a summons would be issued. Gandhi went home to his farm outside Durban to wait...
...Hearst's sententious Editor Arthur Brisbane was on his way to interview Henry Ford in Manhattan when he saw a policeman dragging a small, hard-faced U.S. sailor out of the Customs House. The sailor, just released from the Navy after a seven-year hitch, had got in a quarrel with customs men, and was knocking them down right & left until the cop subdued him. Editor Brisbane liked the bantam gamecock's looks, got him released, and took him along to meet the auto magnate. On hearing Brisbane's account of the battle, Ford told 24-year...
...first two she contacted found that the blue light warnings on their houses, supposedly used to call the night watchmen in cases of emergency, were not working. The third House Resident contacted the watchman and 15 minutes later he appeared at the dorm with six policeman...
...lone Yard policeman sent Leverett House men running like scared rabbits last night when he appeared on the scene of their annual fall riot. Spark for the outbreak was set off by entry beer parties...
...come into the room previously, Berliner said, and scared the Russian into silence. After Berliner and his associate had calmed the Russian, a half hour later, the German entered the interview room, looking for a paper. This time the emigre was certain the German was a Russian Secret Policeman. From then on, he would not talk...