Word: steals
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When, after such proceedings, Witness Hopson fell into his hands, Chairman O'Connor naturally was in no mood to share his treasure with his rival. But no sooner had Mr. Hopson begun his testimony before the House Rules Committee (TIME, Aug. 19) than Senator Black tried to steal him. The first attempt to serve a Senate subpena was foiled by Representative O'Connor's agents, who surrounded Witness Hopson as he left the hearing, ganged the Senate process server. Next time Representative O Connor had Witness Hopson on the stand, he found him just as affable as at the first...
Moreover, she was worried because her sister-in-law was trying to steal her son. The moppet was rescued by a mysterious young man who became devoted to him. This rescuer, too, turned out to be the Argentine millionaire. At this, the lovers penetrated the veils of mystery that had enveloped them. "In one stride he reached her. His fingers shook as he tipped up her face to the moonlight. He uttered a short sharp cry. His arms swept her close...
...same purpose. President Wilson ignored his warnings and pleas. When Thompson discovered that the Bolsheviki were gaining strength on their twin program-all power to the Soviets and land for the peasants-he studied the Soviets at work, learned that the common people obeyed their decisions, urged Kerensky to steal Bolshevik thunder and slogans...
...Children steal. Dr. Kanner finds, because they have not been taught that what they want is not always theirs to have, because other children date them to steal, because (particularly in adolescent girls) a momentary impulse prompts them to. Dr. Kanner advises against punishing such children for their first offense. Good associations and organized recreational activities will keep them from becoming habitual thieves...
Noel Charles Scaffa, most famed of U. S. private detectives, specializes not in catching crooks but in retrieving the things they steal. Last week his specialty landed him, a handcuffed prisoner, in a Federal courtroom in Manhattan and in the thick of Federal racket charges...