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Word: polizei (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Whether fear of being crushed before the ever-increasing tide of spring automobilists or a desire to stand above the rest of Cambridge society moved the polizei to this action will never be discovered; the fact remains that the Blue at present stands above the Crimson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cantabridgian Bluecoat Marooned on Elevated Roost in Sea of Traffic in Square--"Capsule of Law" is Indifferent | 3/18/1927 | See Source »

Documents and other evidence thus collected enabled the Polizei to announce proudly that they had nipped a most elaborate Monarchist Putsch. "Exhibit A" was a large autographed portrait of Wilhelm of Doorn, with a note of glowing encouragement attached...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Luther Rests | 5/24/1926 | See Source »

Then bespangled officials decided that such half measures were of no avail. They turned the cake over to a neighboring War orphanage. When the last orphan had eaten the last crumb without ill effect, the polizei became convinced that no attempt had been made on the life of William Hohenzollern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Cake | 9/21/1925 | See Source »

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