Word: stolen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Supercrooks. In Yarmouth, England, four boys confessed with a touch of braggadocio what they had done with the 64 bricks of ice cream they had stolen the night before: they ate them...
...Like This. In London, Lord Mancroft entered a Conservative Party meeting, expressed regret that he could not speak as scheduled because "My house is on fire." In Nashville, Julius Frankie Robinson explained to police why he had stolen his son from his ex-wife's sister: "To give him a bath...
Double Take. In Portsmouth, Ohio. Samuel Keaton was unable to produce for police all the loot he had stolen: some of it had been stolen...
...attacks that followed from the benches of the Left & Right sounded somewhat faint. Their thunder had been stolen two days before by General Charles de Gaulle. He had unloosed a jeremiad denouncing Bidault and offering to form a new government ("I myself am ready"). The London agreement he flayed as foreshadowing the creation of two conflicting German governments and a war for which France was unprepared. He called for renewed negotiations with the U.S. and Great Britain, and failing this, demanded that France go her own way alone. "We are on the edge of an abyss," he cried...
Only 21, Richie ("Cottontop") Ashburn is leading both leagues in stolen bases, with 13. If he has a batting weakness, rival pitchers haven't caught on yet. He hit in 23 consecutive games (the season's longest batting streak). He boasts a fat average of .379 (third highest in the league). In center field, he obviously needs polish, but he covers ground like a wing-footed dervish. His weakness: a none-too-robust throwing arm. Skeptics like to point out that many a brilliant spring rookie has faded before September. But Richie is already being referred...