Word: 61st
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Britain in 1982, shortly after the Pontiff survived an assassin's bullet. Since then, almost everywhere John Paul went, new Popemobiles were sure to appear -- manufactured and generally donated by Renault, Peugeot, GM, Toyota and Mercedes Benz, among others. Last week, on his trip to the Baltic states (his 61st foray out of the Holy See), the Pope took along his Mercedes and Land Rover models...
Especially for her son Jeff, an only child. He was one of the shooters last summer during the gun battle at 61st and Sprague, part of a tree-lined neighborhood of neatly kept, working-class houses. "We were just planning on < a big fight, like a rumble, when six cars came cruising down the street and the shooting started," says Jeff, 20, whose quick and warm smile defeats even his best efforts at posturing. He ran inside a house, grabbed his .32-cal. pistol and returned fire. Another friend retrieved a mini MAC-10, a semiautomatic he had hidden...
...began when Earl and Mary Triplett returned from a 61st wedding anniversary vacation in Alaska to their home near Tacoma, Washington, popped open a Diet Pepsi, and then trundled off to bed. The next morning Earl picked up the container, which had been left overnight on a table, heard a rattle and was surprised to find a syringe inside. The couple called their lawyer, who called the press and local health officials, who alerted the police. And thus a frenzy was born...