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Word: watford (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...days later, as if to justify A.P. Herbert's words, a respectable meat merchant of Watford was haled into court for "the unlawful and malicious wounding" of a burglar whom he had shot as the man crept into his bedroom at 4:30 a.m. one morning in February. The Watford judge forgave the merchant the crime on the grounds that he had probably shot "in panic," and dismissed him with a $60 fine "for costs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Not Cricket | 5/26/1952 | See Source »

...friend, "quietly piloting Clem, although Clem still sits in the front seat." A suitcase was packed, gas coupons checked, road maps ready and Clem's knees were snugly wrapped in a woolen blanket as Violet swung the Hillman's nose out of Downing Street toward Watford, 17½ miles to the north...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Clem's Chauffeur | 2/20/1950 | See Source »

...Watford, Clem made a quarter-hour speech and the Hillman collected the first of the many bouquets that were soon to fill its back seat. From Watford the Attlee's road led to Wolverton and thence to Coventry. At each town border, local police escorts were waiting to pick up the Hillman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Clem's Chauffeur | 2/20/1950 | See Source »

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