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Word: stolen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...plot seemed to have been stolen from O. Henry's Cabbages and Kings. The action was confined mainly to the Guardia Nacional, the swaggering 5,000-man force that defends, polices and -nowadays-governs the tiny country of 1.3 million. Until problems of pride and suspicions of graft arose, Torrijos had been close to the two rebellious colonels. One of them, mustachioed Colonel Ramiro Silvera, 42, had spent much of his career as Panama's top traffic cop before becoming Torrijos' No. 2 man in the Guardia. The other plotter, popular Colonel Amado Sanjur, 38, was Silvera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Panama: A Day at the Races | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

...schemes and burglary, they also show that he was a valuable undercover man for the Federal Government. He helped trap some of the late Vito Genovese's mafiosi for the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. He also posed as a buyer for the FBI, luring thieves into selling him stolen paintings and jewelry and then testifying against them in court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Gourmet Pirate | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

...many middle-class Americans in the '60s: "Men would suddenly realize that they have no life any more, no freedom of spirit, no freedom of will and personality, that somebody has stolen all that from them. People will become depressed and bored." Many protesters of the '60s revealed a deep-seated boredom, as was suggested by Abbie Hoffman's catch phrase, "revolution for the hell of it." Boredom, usually underrated as a force in history, is not a frivolous issue. It is the result not merely of prosperity but of spiritual emptiness. Nothing may be more boring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From The '60s to The 70s: Dissent and Discovery | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

...Albuquerque. The girl said something to me, but for the benefit of the driver, about how she wished her "father" had gotten the car checked out before she left L. A. By this time, I was quite sure that the car as well as the credit card was stolen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Road from Gallup to Albuquerque: | 12/18/1969 | See Source »

...three dollars cash. I had six. The other two had quite a bit of money, over a hundred dollars, plus a credit card which was good, but they wouldn't pay on a stolen car. I didn't blame them, but the girl got made and suggested that they "do their own trip." They agreed and left...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Road from Gallup to Albuquerque: | 12/18/1969 | See Source »

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