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Word: steals (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gregory Wallace and Harry Foulke were arrested shortly after midnight last December 16, during what police called an attempt to steal final examinations from the office of Robert Witt, chairman of the Department of Marketing Administration. Two campus police officers who were watching the office said duplicated keys were used to unlock the office door and a cabinet in which exams were kept...

Author: By The DAILY Texan, | Title: Stolen Exams | 5/18/1983 | See Source »

Oftentimes I will steal into a millinery shop and try on an elegant hat. I pose it on my head and look into the mirror a la Dietrich, glancing around to make sure no one is watching me. I then quickly return it to the rack. Next time I promise to be brave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 16, 1983 | 5/16/1983 | See Source »

...this 'Oops, what happened?' look on his face." Such techniques are sometimes used later in life to write popular computer games-or pull off staggeringly large computer frauds. (Computer Whiz Stanley Mark Rifkin, who was a hacker at California State University Northridge, used his software expertise to steal $10.2 million from California's Security Pacific National Bank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Pittsburgh, Hacking the Night Away | 5/9/1983 | See Source »

Some firms already foresee a rebound and are starting to buy oilfield equipment on the cheap. "Anyone can steal a rig now," says James Jackson of Jim Davis Auctioneers in Dallas. "All the boys out there are hurting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming Up with Dry Holes | 4/18/1983 | See Source »

...batwomen jumped out quickly retiring the Smith side in the top of the first and then using a running game to come away with a 1-0 advantage after one inning. With Pat Horne on second the result of a walk and a steal sophomore Ann Wilson belted a shot to the Smith outfield sending Home scampering. By the time the senior Co-Captain had reached home. Harvard had its one-run lead...

Author: By Maria C. Barbuto, | Title: Batwomen Drop First Game, 5-2 | 4/15/1983 | See Source »

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