Word: steals
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...N.R.A. argument is that if various categories of guns are prohibited, the law-abiding citizen will be left defenseless while the criminal will ignore the law and steal a gun?"as he usually does anyway." In fact, he usually does not and has no need to, when it is so ludicrously easy to purchase one legitimately. A 1965 study showed that nearly 25% of 4,069 mail-order guns shipped by two Chicago firms went to convicted criminals. In New Jersey, one in every five recipients of mail-order firearms has a criminal record. Massachusetts State Police Captain John Collins...
...pursues him through most of the movie, doing calculatedly kooky things to attract his attention, such as smashing a store window to steal an enormous tuba which she totes around, and breaking a rib so that he can prescribe bed rest-in his bed. While Julie does her sleekly sexy best with Petulia, Scott never once loses his look of peevish disgruntlement, possibly because he doesn't even get the girl...
...three Democratic candidates. On Viet Nam, McCarthy and Kennedy are in basic agreement; and while the Paris talks are going on, debate with Humphrey is blunted. It is easier to differentiate them by their style. Kennedy's is tense, urgent, gritty. When the crowds are not attempting to steal his clothing, he will often take off his jacket and roll up his sleeves before talking. He shoots statistics that occasionally misinform but more often impress. His gestures jab and chop; sometimes his hands and lips betray in little movements the taut nerves within...
...left. Demand has reached well beyond junkyards and used-car lots. Volkswagen of America itself is weighing the pros and cons of manufacturing the short chassis. But many individuals, particularly in California, have discovered another source of supply. Instead of searching out and buying an old VW, they just steal one off the streets-with deplorable impunity. The angry owner of a missing blue beetle would never recognize his car as it whines by him on a beach-shorter, blunter and tangerine...
...early as the second inning, however, Brandeis was hopelessly behind. Jeff Grate got the carnival rolling in the first with a walk and a steal to second. Bill Cobb doubled, moving Grate to third, and with a walk to John Ignacio the bases were loaded...