Word: stealingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Once "hooked," the youngsters behave frighteningly like older addicts. To get money for heroin, they steal at home, sell the drug on commission in school hallways and lavatories. Some boys become thieves and holdup artists; many a teen-age girl has turned to prostitution...
...defense attorney made a final appeal to the five judges of the court, as Greeks and as men of the world. "Here in Crete, Sparta and the ancient Greek land," declaimed he, "it is common practice and tradition for strong men to steal their brides." Unmoved, the court found Constantine guilty of carrying illegal arms, sentenced him to two years in jail, plus a $400 fine. Tassoula wept and vowed: "I will go back to Crete so I can be near...
...Crimson defense sank to its lowest point during the third period, when first Jerry Denning, then Garrity, scored on steal-and-break plays. Garrity, one of the best college players in this area, just about summed up the whole game as he moved in unopposed, after completely fooling the Harvard defense: B.U. had it; the Crimson didn...
...they don't steal, what will they...
...primitive duel, staged for the story's climax, between contenders for the rule of the seven-foot-tall Watusi of Ruanda-Urundi, a remarkably aristocratic tribe with features that seem to come straight from the ancient Pharaohs. The Watusi's longtime slaves, the Buhutus, also help Africa steal the show from Hollywood. Before the duel is fought, they throw themselves into a long, exotically graceful dance that far outstrips any choreography ever put into one of MGM's musicals. For moviegoers who don't have much hope of making a visit to Africa this year, King...