Word: thefts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Both Cross and Moran declined to comment on these changes or on current security systems, but Moran said the museum hired additional guards after a previous theft...
William L. Moran, a curator at the museum, said security around the second-floor display cases--which held the stolen pieces--is "very weak," and added that additional anti-theft measures may be necessary...
...intruders appear to have made sure that they would not be surprised by the team of night guards. One shift went off duty at 1:30 a.m. and, following a routine schedule, the replacement team did not reach the old masters' gallery until after 2 a.m., when the theft was discovered...
...some unscrupulous private collectors may relish acquiring them clandestinely. Authorities have already described the loss to Hungary's cultural heritage as "incalculable." The same term might apply to the negligence of the museum. Officials admitted last week that the poorly guarded paintings had not even been insured against theft...
...America was faced with perhaps the gravest Constitutional crisis of the 20th century. A series of crimes had been committed by the Nixon Administration, including theft, illegal surveillance, and obstruction of justice. Nixon's own intransigence and "imperial" style of executive leadership did not help his public standing either. Also, the bitter memory of Vietnam was still fresh in the national conscience--Nixon's part in it aroused mixed, but generally hostile, feelings. In general, a mood of antagonism to the Presidency reached an unsurpassed high in 1973, and a major result of this was the War Powers Resolution...