Word: stolen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...plaque, which is replacing another one stolen last year, depicts Washington on horseback inspecting his troops...
Morgan, in particular, defies belief: besides hitting 327 and slugging 20 home runs, he led the league in walks drawn, and placed second in stolen bases. George Foster's credentials, although much less publicized, are equally impressive: Foster hit 311, with 26 home runs, and the third highest slugging percentage in the majors...
...apartment at 625 Morse Street where Patty and Yoshimura were captured, the FBI discovered a single greenback-denomination undisclosed-that was stolen from the bank in Carmichael. It was a "bait bill"-a piece of currency, whose serial number has been previously recorded, that bank tellers often surrender to stickup men in the hope that the loot may be traced...
...been felled by a brand-new, high-voltage weapon called the stun gun. More properly known as a Taser,* the gun was developed for law-enforcement use. No police force has yet bought it, but thugs are apparently less cautious about trying something new. Nine Tasers were recently stolen from a distributor near Miami, and police there last week were afraid that the gas-station robbery may be only the first...
Probably the worst problem with Wiseman's use of his subjects' self-consciousness comes toward the end of the film, when a bedraggled unshaven man tells the supervisor he's stolen Hershey bars from Korvette's for the past five days to stay alive. The supervisor tells him there's nothing he can do, just take a seat. The whole time, you can't really believe the starving man--"with 22 years of education"--is serious. He acts and talks just like a Woody Allen--mildly hurt, defensive, and wordy. Then there's a close-up of the same...