Word: stoles
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...worthy descendant of the old Camorra-the "honor societies" hired by noblemen to settle their differences by duels and vendettas. The noblemen have disappeared; today's Camorra members grew up in the thriving black markets of World War II, and boast that they even disassembled and stole an entire U.S. ship piece by piece-from the Bay of Naples.* Among those who lived by the modern Camorra code was Big Pasquale Simonetti, who sold "protection" to the local growers and sellers of vegetables and fruit...
...revived the Observer's bureau in Raleigh, the state capital, and added staffers in three Carolina cities. The Observer's gloomy makeup vanished in a wash of white space, new type, and pictures boldly played; its brighter columns carried livelier, shorter stories. Inevitably the Observer, historically dominant, stole further circulation and advertising marches on the News. By last year News Publisher Thomas Lambard Robinson, watching his paper slip below the break-even point, put it on the block, as a last resort offered it to Jim Knight...
Nobody gave a second glance to the four rows of ribbons on the silk stole of the curate as he greeted the members of the congregation. Parishioners of St. John the Baptist's, Anglican Church in the little Berkshire town of Crowthorne-like churchgoers throughout England-are growing used to having a middle-aged pastor with military decorations. In Britain today, the church is second only to "the City," London's commercial center, as the favored career for senior officers retiring from the armed services...
Within the next two minutes, Lamont stole a pass and scored again, and attack-man Dave Bohn sank two goals both on passes from Lamont. Near the end of the period, Boston attack Skip Bohn netted a right handed bounce shot from near the center to make the score...
Catnapers. In Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, thieves stole two 300-lb. jaguars from the municipal...