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Word: thefts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...claim that the modern news business resists the seasonal lassitude. But consider the Wichita Eagle-Beacon, which played on Page One a wire-service tale proclaiming that some 8,000 Americans are injured each year by toothpicks. Consider especially the Milwaukee Journal, which gave front-page display to the theft from a clothesline of 21 socks that were drying in the sun. And what of the 22nd? Tune in next August...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Journalism: Hail the Dog Days of Summer | 9/10/1984 | See Source »

...city's inhabitants are unemployed, but underemployment runs to nearly 40%. As one U.S. expert puts it, "If a 35-year-old man with a wife and children spends his days hoping to shine shoes, is he employed?" To some, the answer lies in burglary and theft, which have risen 35% in the past year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pround Capital's Distress | 8/6/1984 | See Source »

DIED. Raymond Patriarca, 76, undisputed godfather of organized crime in New England for a quarter of a century; of a heart attack; in Providence. Despite more than 40 arrests and 18 convictions for crimes including bootlegging, armed robbery, auto theft, and breaking and entering, the Massachusetts-born Patriarca always denied that he was anything but a legitimate vending-machine distributor. Indicted in 1980 and 1981 on charges of labor racketeering and ordering the execution of two underworld figures, he never stood trial because of poor health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jul. 23, 1984 | 7/23/1984 | See Source »

Mark McDermott, 48, a native of Taunton, Mass., was arrested at Dulles Airport because he is wanted by New Hampshire police in connection with a theft investigation. He and freed Prisoner Calvin Privette, 29, were charged with drug trafficking in Cuba in 1982 after their boat drifted into Cuban territory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mixed Bag from Fidel's Jails | 7/9/1984 | See Source »

...link between the newly enforced policy and less crime has been established, but Flick said. "There hasn't been a major theft...

Author: By Laura E. Gomez, | Title: Summer School Tightens Ban On Door-To-Door Solicitation | 7/3/1984 | See Source »

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