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Word: stoles (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hand. In Toronto, at the Canadian National Exhibition, a thief stole wax hands from two dummies in the "Crime Does Not Pay" exhibit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 25, 1950 | 9/25/1950 | See Source »

Challenge. In Los Angeles, a thief stole Mike Brown's car from the only garage that was locked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 18, 1950 | 9/18/1950 | See Source »

Cold Cash. In Yonkers, N.Y., a thief broke into the Elm Superette Market, stole the $8 he found in the cash register and the $263 he found in the refrigerator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 28, 1950 | 8/28/1950 | See Source »

...shouting, "I can see!" He explained: "When I awoke this morning there was a white film in front of my eyes. Soon afterwards I could see clearly." Although the authorities were suspicious about Hewlett's sudden recovery, they couldn't send him back to prison. Then Howlett stole another bicycle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Bicycle Thief | 8/14/1950 | See Source »

Among Li'l Abner fans, it is common knowledge that Capp and Cartoonist Ham Fisher, who draws Joe Palooka, have long feuded. One of the big Capp-Fisher arguments concerns the birth of Li'l Abner: Fisher charges that Capp stole the idea from a Palooka sequence involving a hillbilly named Li'l David; Capp says he invented the hillbillies while working as Fisher's assistant on the Palooka strip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: No Vent | 8/7/1950 | See Source »

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