Word: stoled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...children along West 40th Street poked glumly among the refuse in a vacant lot across from the Mission and talked about the wonders of Father Norman's Christmas party. Most of the adults, too, felt dimly aggrieved. Said Thomas Phillips, a merchant seaman: "If this guy Norman stole, he stole from the rich to give to the poor-sort of a Robin Hood, you might say. He loaned me $50 once. We're all for him around here...
...Toothbrush Twins had been touring the U.S. The two hoodlums-tough, tall John Giles and tough, short Edgar Cook-gained their freedom and their nicknames by unlocking six steel doors with a toothbrush and a wooden spoon. They made their escape in a blue police car, abandoned it, stole another automobile, abandoned it, stole another-and in this fashion set out across the countryside, plying their trade (burglary) from time to time...
Hall made just two points, Back only five-while an unsung Navy plebe, left-handed Perry Nelson, stole the show. At halftime, Nelson had collected 15 points and his team led 25-to-24. Army, as usual, came back strong in the second half, got its fast-breaking offense into high gear. Although Navy surged back after losing Nelson on personal fouls, Army had the aggressive confidence to squeak through...
When he was 20, he began the restoration. With some 40 of his brothers, cousins and their servants, he stole into Riyadh by night, surprised the garrison, slew the Governor, and announced that a new Saud had come to power...
...bootleg whiskey to their rooms, though their customers sometimes objected. Because he had never been in jail, he was picked by racketeers as front for a movie-ticket racket. He made $50 the first week. But he knew he was headed for the chain gang. He saved his money, stole everything he could lay hands on, pawned it, and fled to Memphis. There he began to read Mencken and Sinclair Lewis, and to see the white men around him in a different light...