Search Details

Word: roe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

After scanning the British businessman's $100 bill, the Geneva bank teller politely excused himself-and called the cops. When the Swiss police later nabbed Thomas G. W. Roe near Lausanne, they happily collected something else: $376,000 in U.S. funny money that was traced to Los Angeles and a British wheeler-dealer named Dennis Loraine. What ensued was a model of transatlantic cooperation. The Swiss sent Roe to California to testify against Loraine, who got six years on counterfeiting charges; the U.S. then returned Roe, who is now serving his own six-year sentence in a Swiss cell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Police: Global Beat | 6/9/1967 | See Source »

...Anne roe will lecture on "Artists and Scientists--Creative Lives" in Carpenter. Center Lecture Hall at 8:30 p.m. The lecture is one of a series on "Creative Moments...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Carpenter Lecture | 12/1/1966 | See Source »

...airline captain may be the world's best pilot, but he may not fly without "good moral character." Captain "Richard Roe," father of four, had an unblemished 15-year record with a U.S. airline. He also had a young mistress whom he forced to pose for obscene photographs. When "Miss Doe" married another man, Roe vindictively sent at least 33 of the pictures to the couple's friends, relatives and employers. Not only did Miss Doe attempt suicide; her husband divorced her. Voiding his pilot's license, the Civil Aeronautics Board ruled that Roe has "a significant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Decisions: Of Alimony, Embezzlers, Lifers & Immoral Pilots | 11/18/1966 | See Source »

...When police arrived, Kentucky Farmers Clarence and Benjamin Roe were holding family religious services in their unfenced backyard. Unfortunately, the assembled Roes of all ages and sexes were not wearing clothes. The Greenup Circuit Court fined Clarence and Ben jamin $1,000 apiece for violating Kentucky's Nudist Society Act, which required all nudist colonies to pay an annual license fee of $1,000, register all members, and segregate the premises with a solid masonry wall 20 ft. high. Unreasonable and unconstitutional, ruled Kentucky's highest court as it voided the Roes' convictions and stripped the nudist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Decisions: Of Love, Kisses & Nudism | 7/15/1966 | See Source »

...Name a hit by Tommy Roe besides Sheila...

Author: By R. ANDREW Beyer, | Title: Rate Your Rock 'n' Roll Smarts | 1/24/1966 | See Source »

Previous | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | 189 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | 198 | 199 | 200 | 201 | 202 | 203 | 204 | Next