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Word: prowls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...symbolic moment; Batista had got past democracy's sentries as well as Camp Columbia's. And he had achieved complete surprise. The Prío government had not the slightest inkling that the Strong Man was on the prowl. The U.S. State Department, which takes an understandable interest in Cuba's affairs, was caught completely unaware. One Cuban, sourly reflecting on events the morning after, gibed: "The town is full of FBI agents trying to find out what happened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Dictator with the People | 4/21/1952 | See Source »

Sometimes, however, Elis, Tigers, Lions, and maybe a few Harvard men, do manage to get to Bronxville. Since students handle their own disciplinary problems, and no faculty members live in the houses, these males often prowl through the dorms seeking dates. On weekends only, men are allowed in girls rooms till...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Informality, Activity Enliven Campus... | 4/17/1952 | See Source »

...Chancellor Adenauer at Bonn. When the boys noticed that their benefactor, instead of running for a train, was still following them, their suspicions solidified. At the first street corner, they showed their package to a streetcar supervisor standing by. The supervisor turned it over to some policemen in a prowl-car. The cops put in a call to Fireman Karl Reichert, explosives expert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Stranger with a Package | 4/7/1952 | See Source »

...ever find that puma [on the prowl near Shreveport, La.] ? We saw a reference to the beast in your Jan. 21 issue. The suspense is killing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 18, 1952 | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

...lack of police protection along the banks of the Charles. The area, within the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan police, has been the scene of numerous muggings, which arise from the fact that the M.D.C. police are no longer on foot patrol but instead roam around the country side in prowl cars. It seems obvious that the automotive method of police protection just will not work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Muggy River | 1/24/1952 | See Source »

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