Word: ambushed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...return to the house, just as he was opening the ornate wrought-iron gate, Versace was approached suddenly by a white man in his mid-20s. Some witnesses described an ambush-style killing in which the attacker pumped one bullet into Versace's head from behind, then another as he fell to the ground. But two other witnesses, who were later questioned by FBI agents, have told TIME that first Versace appeared to struggle briefly with his attacker over a bag. "The next thing I know, I heard pow, pow, and I ducked on the ground," says Romeo Jacques...
...pull a fast one," says TIME's Lisa Beyer in Jerusalem. "Moscowitz and Olmert are both intent on this for ideological reasons, and they don't feel they need anyone's permission." Benjamin Netanyahu, who has had his share of trouble with the settlement issue, exploded over the ambush and broke off a meeting with striking union leaders to discuss the decision with Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai. Israel's chief negotiator quickly telephoned Yasser Arafat to assure him of Netanyahu's opposition to the project. A ruffled Arafat was headed to Cairo to discuss the matter with Egyptian President Hosni...
...White House leaked the documents pre-emptively last week to deprive Senate Republicans of an ambush at Herman's hearings. White House special counsel Lanny Davis admitted that some portions were produced in Herman's office, either on government time or on government equipment, but added that the Clinton-Gore campaign had recently reimbursed taxpayers for the cost. Davis could not say whether Herman had seen the documents, much less okayed them, before they were forwarded to Ickes last February...
Apparently the hunters who use bait to lure game into an ambush don't know the definition of hunting. It is the pursuit of game; the bears are not supposed to come to the hunters. If the "long hours and exhausting effort" required are too much for these mighty woodsmen, they should take themselves to a shooting gallery--although the targets are rather small. MARY KRESIN New York City...
Reformers are taking particular aim at baiting--using food to lure game into an ambush. With black bears, the bait station is typically set deep in the woods; fruit, pastry and livestock carcasses are placed in a large barrel or piled on the ground. Defenders of baiting point to the long hours and exhausting effort it takes to stalk and kill a bear. But critics like Colorado bear biologist Tom Beck ask, "How fulfilling is it to shoot a bear with its head in a barrel of jelly-filled doughnuts...