Word: stolen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...presidential campaign, according to Segretti, Chapin directed a clandestine guerrilla-warfare operation against Democrats. Segretti has testified that he was hired by Chapin, whom he had known since both attended the University of Southern California, to play malicious tricks on the opposition, including distributing a letter, printed on stationery stolen from Senator Edmund Muskie, that accused Senators Hubert Humphrey and Henry Jackson of sexual misconduct...
...Mafia-backed band of thieves that flourished nationwide from 1965 to 1967, specializing in robbing the homes of the wealthy. In exchange for a cut of two-thirds of the gang's take, the Mafia offered planning expertise as well as a fence for disposal of stolen furs, jewels and other valuables. In its heyday, the gang roamed from coast to coast, hitting homes in wealthy spots like Grosse Point, .Mich., Shaker Heights, Ohio, Scottsdale, Ariz., as well as choice residential targets in Denver and Beverly Hills, Calif...
...TROELL DELINEATES the central, original crack in the innocence myth--the new land was stolen from Indians who were hanged or murdered for trying to retake it. Troell does not blame the immigrants for a situation they did not create ("I paid a fair price for the land," says Karl-Oscar). The Indian dilemma is a symptom of the wider problem that underlies the history of the immigrant experience. At the center of the quest for the immigrant dream is a hollow place, born of the loss of the old home and bred of the sacrifices that...
...must make good to any insured bank or brokerage house that takes a loss by theft or by buying hot securities in good faith. Most banks and brokerages are covered. The individual investor can recover any losses if securities held for him by an insured bank or brokerage are stolen...
Foreign bankers are often just as careless, accepting deposits of stolen or counterfeit stock and issuing letters of credit, which form the basis for loans from other banks. The loans are defaulted, and the mobsters pocket the cash...