Word: stolen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that sold it to the state in 1872. A jewel of the collection, the Madonna gives rare insights into Raphael's compositional skills. Raphael Scholar James Beck of Columbia University estimates that it alone is worth between $1 million and $2 million, while the total value of the stolen works is as much as $7 million...
...wires led to fire extinguishers--stolen from MIT, incidentally--filled with yellow paint. They were triggered by mousetraps that the wires connected to some benches and an endzone. Had it not been for some alert groundskeepers and the Cambridge bomb squad, the paint, when released, would have resulted in a huge, jaundiced "Y" appearing on the turf...
...victim's father, William Masselli, 56, owned an excavating company that over five years did $11 million worth of work for Donovan's firm. Now serving a seven-year sentence for cocaine trafficking and receiving stolen goods, Masselli is said to be considering a bargain with authorities: early release from prison, perhaps, in exchange for talking under oath about his extraordinarily lucrative dealings with Schiavone. If he told all he knew, the senior Masselli once bragged, he could "bury" Donovan...
...Flynt said was a recording of former Auto Magnate John Z. De Lorean being coerced by federal agents into participating in the $24 million cocaine deal that ended with his arrest. In court, Flynt stuck to his story that he no longer had the tape because it had been stolen. Later he went before a grand jury, where he ran on at the mouth until disgusted federal prosecutors gave up. Afterward, Flynt tried to explain his grand design: "If a man bites a dog, that's news. I try to bite a dog every...
...work just passed there were 13 repots of larceny greater than $100, and 12 reports of larceny less than $100. There were five cases malicious destruction. Two bicycles were stolen. The Harvard Police warned two trespassers off Harvard property, assisted the Cambridge Police is making one arrest, and called once for an emergency ambulance. There were no assaults or attempted assaults this week...