Word: suspects
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Tooth & Nail. In Mineola, L.I., Walter Szymkow, booked as an auto theft suspect, pulled a four-inch nail out of the station floor, bent it between his teeth, broke a brick in two, pulverized it with his fist, excused his actions by explaining that he was embarrassed, never having been arrested before...
...Russian demands are so unreasonable that there is no possibility of their acceptance, we can suspect that Premier Stalin's avowals of love and friendship toward all should be immersed in an entire barrel of salt before being swallowed. If their requests can reasonably be granted we should make every effort to see that they are granted. We can then watch Russia's actions. If she exhibits a spirit of goodwill and co-operation, well and good. We can look forward to a fear free future. If, however, Moscow continues to agitate, obstruct, and demand we can expect the worst...
...Milky Way's nucleus. Even with small telescopes, astronomers can study the galaxies, gigantic clouds of stars which float far off in space. At their centers most galaxies have tight star clusters which may contain much of their mass. These nuclei facinate astronomers, for within them, they suspect, are conditions which exist nowhere else in the universe...
Farmers had seen a bearded man known as a painter near the hut. That brought in another suspect, an Existentialist artist named Georges Patrix, several of whose canvases hung in Roumeguere's Paris apartment. But Patrix was also cleared...
...Mayfield swung back, and last week her reply was the talk of Denver: "I suspect your difficulty is that you haven't had the chance of meeting the kind of people who do speak well. . . . For, coming to Denver as you obviously have, with a prejudice against people here, you are not likely to be welcomed with open arms. It's such a shame you had to come here at all. Perhaps your husband can discover oil on Broadway or Park Avenue and you can go back...