Word: robs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first race for both Rob Lawrie (46) and Dr. Dick Parker (48), who took turns driving the Lawrie family car over the winding eight-mile course throughout the 24 hours of the race. Only 19 of the 49 entries finished. One generous French driver, Henri Louveau, threw away his chance of winning by stopping to help an Englishman who had cracked up on a curve. Another Englishman, 36-year-old Lord Selsdon, driving an Italian-made, twelve-cylinder Ferrari, barely stood off Louveau's challenge and won, with an average of 82 m.p.h. for 1,975 miles...
Inside Job. In Tokyo, Discharged Policeman Keiichi Hashiguchi confessed that he had stolen clothing and over $100 in cash from police headquarters because "[it] was the easiest place to rob...
...Louis, Mr. & Mrs. George H. Pring returned home in time to find a burglar leaving with $530 in cash and jewelry, asked how he got in and received a guarded reply: "That's a professional secret; if I tell you, you'll go out and rob houses...
...first secret session on Berlin, Vishinsky's manner was agreeable, and he seemed willing to discuss a compromise. On the second day, Vishinsky stiffened. He conceded four-power supervision of free elections for a municipal council, but he wanted to rob the council of all real power by putting it under the veto-bound four-power Kommandatura. By week's end, Vishinsky had conceded a slight limitation of the four powers' veto in the Kommandatura, but the West wanted to abolish the veto entirely, except for security matters, and leave the Berliners' own government wide powers...
First-string starters will probably be Lou Schaffer, Rob Baldwin, and Ned Yost at attack; Godfrey Birckhead. Willie Byrne, and Captain Bill Spence at defense; Pete Brooke, Al Sawyer, and Rip Lynch at midfield; and Dick Thomas at goal...