Word: suspected
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Since Guy Coolen, ex-husband of the murdered Shirley Coolen, has been exonerated of the crime by a lie detector test, the police have only one suspect left...
Frying Pans & Slip Covers. Alpha particles had been sucked into the hot air heating system, so the whole house was suspect. But the bulky portable counter, which can only operate close to the source of radiation, couldn't fit into every corner. Taking no chances, the decontamination crew followed a simple rule: if it can't be checked, chuck it out. The whole furnace was ripped out and destroyed. Any articles that could easily be replaced were also discarded. Frying pans, slip covers, clothes, all went to the dump, to be replaced at Government expense...
...researcher, whom many suspect is a pervert, asked such questions as: "How old are you?" "Do you pet on dates?" "Have you ever indulged in sexual intercourse?" Subjects thought at the time that the questioner's manner was extremely scientific...
When the bullet-riddled body of Philadelphia Policeman James T. Morrow was found in an empty lot back in 1936, his fellow officers set out to show the world that cop-killing never pays. First they exacted a confession from a suspect named Joseph Broderick. On second thought, they let him go and got another from a feebleminded 19-year-old named George Bilger. The obliging Bilger (who happily confessed a lot of other crimes, too) was promptly sent off to the penitentiary. But after three years, the cops had a new thought: the murder had been committed...
...speak out on controversial issues in and out of class; 2. A reluctance to handle currently unpopular concepts even in classroom work where they may be part of the study program; 3. An unwillingness to join student political clubs; 4. Neglect of humanitarian causes because they may be suspect in the minds of politically unsophisticated officials...