Word: flashlight
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...North, the report cites Chicago police treatment of Negro James Monroe and his family, who were awakened in their West Side apartment at 5:45 a.m. by 13 police officers, ostensibly investigating a murder. The police, says Justice, "broke through two doors, woke the Monroe couple with flashlights, and forced them at gun point to leave their bed and stand naked in the center of the living room. The officers roused the six Monroe children and herded them into the living room. Detective Frank Pape struck Mr. Monroe several times with his flashlight, calling him 'nigger...
...covey of twinjet, all-weather Flashlight fighter bombers with striking clear-plastic needle noses, roughly the equivalent...
...been sightseeing at Dead Horse Point, a towering promontory that commands a magnificent view of the Colorado River canyon and the surrounding Utah badlands. They had stopped on the highway to aid a fellow motorist. "Generator trouble." explained the swarthy stranger as he asked to borrow Boothroyd's flashlight. Then he produced a rifle and demanded money. Boothroyd threw his wallet-containing $250-to the ground, but Mrs. Sullivan angrily snatched up the wallet and turned to walk away. The bandit fired, and Mrs. Sullivan fell with a bullet in her brain. Then the murderer shot Boothroyd twice...
...student (sex undeterminable by typewriter printing) remarked, "Spring is here, and the Radcliffe Dorm Presidents are on the prowl with flashlight and memo pad. . . . I think this should be brought to the attention of all Harvard men so that they know the full story when their true love refuses their fondest wish...
...pleading, "Bring back Brooks Atkinson." He also pipe-schemes to send critics only one ticket each, forcing them to leave their wives home, and to fill the seats next to them with well-proportioned starlets. But, he says, he will sit next to Taubman himself, helpfully holding a flashlight for note taking...