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Word: robs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...observed that Negroes will flock to work-and work just as hard-for a farmer who is known to be unfair and cruel as for a kind and honest one. His explanation: almost every Negro suspects in his heart that all white men are alike, that all will rob and deceive him, no matter what their conduct seems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Delta in Detail | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

...only nebulous spot in the Crimson lacrosse picture is a shortage of good midfield men. On the attack last year's high scorer Dick Bezanson, former Freshman star Paul Davidson, and letterman Charley Gregg provide a strong scoring punch, while defensemen Rob Snow, Bob Graham, and Bob Forsyth head a strong protective squad. Captain Hans Eatin is, of course, the leading midfield man, with Don Louria, Dave Abbot, and Bob Smith as returning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Many Returning Lettermen Bolster Initial Practices of Lacrosse Team | 3/4/1948 | See Source »

...Communists gave instructions about looting to Junan's lao pai hsing (common people). Their notice said: "When you want to rob the rich, you must not do it as you please. You must take a soldier with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: MISSIONARY REPORT | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

...When I walk down the streets of Tokyo and see the ashes and rubble of what once were fine houses, I think of how I used to enter them at night, and I feel sorry for the people who used to live there and whom I used to rob...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Gentle Felon | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

...Pikeville, Ky., Crawford Casebolt, a 13-year-old seventh-grader convicted of using a pistol to rob a man of an auto, a watch and $4.84 in cash, was sentenced by Circuit judge R. Monroe Fields "to spend the rest of his natural life at hard labor," the minimum sentence possible under Kentucky's armed robbery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Punishment | 10/6/1947 | See Source »

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