Word: stoles
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Nassar and his DPS agents kept busy elsewhere as well. From 1979 to 1981, they and civilian members of the gang stole 600 cars from Southern California, then drove them across the border for sale at an average $14,000 apiece. One vehicle, a yellow Dodge van, was given by a DPS agent to Nassar. The thieves were known for their ruthlessness. When one southbound caravan of stolen cars was delayed by a slow-moving farmer's truck in Mexico, according to the Union, an agent simply shot the man to death. Beatings and gunplay were routine...
...message, if any, emerging from the twin cases is apparent only through examining the shades of difference between the upper-class crimes. Barry Locke, the high-level bureaucrat who stole tax dollars typifies the evil outcast. Unlike in other recent corruption scandals--like those of Bert Lance, Jimmy Carter's budget director, and Hugh Casey, Ronald Reagan's CIA director--no one stood up for Locke. The day he was charged King suspended him without pay. The day he was convicted, King called the whole affair "unfortunate." The public now scorns, cars, parodying the "Make it in Massachusetts" bumper stickers...
Meanwhile, Claus von Bulow, the glamorous socialite and financier, the stoic foreigner who stole from the rich and who attempted to murder for love, has become somewhat of a cult hero. Crowds, swelling outside the Newport courthouse as the proceedings dragged on, waited each day for the defendant to appear, cheering him wildly as he smiled and waved before ducking into his car. "Claus" t-shirts and buttons, as well as "Innocent" tote-bags became the rage for the "Free Claus...
...whole affair began rather inauspiciously. First, technical difficulties forced referee John Dooley--more commonly known as the women's ice hockey coach--to delay the start of the game. "Somebody stole my whistle," he explained...
Because of their intense pressure on the Eagle point men, the icemen continually stole the puck in their own zone and cleared. During the nearly four-minute man-down situation, the Crimson sent the puck the length of the ice four times...