Word: steals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this same audience that visits Miami and thinks every Cuban living there will steal all their valuables. It is this same audience that looks at the antics of Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega and says, "That's what Latin Americans are supposed to do. We've seen this stuff in the movies...
Many of the culprits, especially in economically depressed Texas, are small- time operators who may grab one cow at a time and load it into a trailer. Says Steve Westbrook, one of 32 private field inspectors hired by the state: "Used to be cowboy types would steal cattle. Now it's everyone, from a person trying to support a drug habit to an unemployed person who is behind on house and car payments." The victims of many of the Texas thefts are city dwellers who have weekend "ranchettes" of about 15 acres, where they relax and keep a few cows...
Though Ronald Reagan has long since muted his language about the "evil empire," the White House has never stopped sounding alarms about the Soviets' drive to buy -- or steal -- Western defense technology. Soviet espionage, U.S. officials warn, is eroding the West's lead in high-tech weapons and saving the Kremlin millions of dollars in military research. To keep computers and other products with possible military uses from finding their way into the East bloc, the U.S. and its Western allies have imposed elaborate trade restrictions...
...some American scientists and business executives point out that the drive to acquire technology, military and otherwise, is very much a two-way street. "We are conditioning ourselves to assume that just because the Soviets want to buy or steal our technology, they have nothing of value for us to buy or steal," says John Kiser, who heads a Washington firm that specializes in finding new plastics technology in the East bloc and helping U.S. companies negotiate licensing agreements. "Most people don't realize there's high tech over there to be brought...
...middle of the fourth period, there was no more coal left in the engine. A couple of crew-cut Navy boys had managed to steal it away from the Crimson...