Word: afoul
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Grille has repeatedly fallen afoul of the law against underage drinking. In 1994 and 1995, it was disciplined for serving drinks to minors. In 1996, it served a six-day suspension...
...According to the FAA, Denver had neither surrendered his medical certificate nor begun the necessary action to recover it. But apparently, running afoul of the FAA wasn't on Denver's mind Sunday...
Clinton's team hasn't been sure-footed throughout the case either. Washington superlawyer Robert Bennett, for instance, ran afoul of the President's backers in the feminist community when he threatened to drag Jones' sexual history into court. And some of his critics point out that he was brought in to settle the case, not try it. If a deal isn't struck soon, Jones may not be the only one looking for a new attorney...
Everybody knew Carl Drega as well--and knew enough to avoid him. A carpenter who did occasional work at the nearby Vermont Yankee nuclear-power facility, Drega, 62, had been making trouble for years, usually over his property rights. Bunnell ran afoul of Drega a few years ago when she was serving as one of Columbia's three selectmen. He once warned her off his homestead by firing a gun over her head. Bunnell became so concerned over his open threats that she started carrying a handgun in her purse--something she hated herself for doing despite her love...
...South. Louisiana Democrats, like others in the region, have split into two camps: Landrieu's largely white moderate wing and Fields' predominantly black liberals. Landrieu, a former state treasurer and political moderate--pro-choice but, like Bob Dole, in favor of a capital-gains tax cut--ran afoul of her party's liberals last year when she and Fields were locked in a bitter gubernatorial primary. Fields backers say it was racially insensitive of her to run ads saying she was more electable than Fields, and they resent her refusal, after she lost, to endorse him. But the state...