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Word: ambushing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hall troupe. He gets in trouble there too, falling for the company's soubrette, stage-named Maggie Paramour, who is married to a violinist in the same motley ensemble. Ellen, by this time nubile and knowing beyond her years, sees trouble coming from several directions, but not the sexual ambush by Mr. Flushing, whose wife owns the boarding house where she and her father stay and where Billy has fallen a wee bit behind in paying the bills. After this rude assault, Ellen has an insight about her corporeal self and that of women in general: "A Female Body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: For He's a Jolly Good Fellow the Pianoplayers | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

...Philippine General Hospital after receiving treatment for sinusitis and a goiter condition. He was being helped into a car by Josefina Cruz, his wife, and Jose Concepcion, his driver and bodyguard, when the police closed in to arrest the trio. Officials claim that Salas took part in a 1974 ambush in which five U.S. Navy officers were killed. The government last week charged him with rebellion, a crime punishable by death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines One Step Back, One Step Forward | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

William & Mary 14, Harvard 7: Although the Crimson Multiflex will charge into battle, attempting to ambush William & Mary, the Tribe will go on the warpath and scalp the Crimson...

Author: By Bob Cunha, | Title: Tribal Warfare | 10/4/1986 | See Source »

...assure supporters and enemies alike that he had not been killed, Pinochet made a postmidnight television appearance. With considerable bravado, he described the ambush. "My first reaction was to get out of the car, but then I thought of my grandson at my side and covered his body with mine," he said. He displayed for the viewers a bandaged left hand, the result of a slight wound from flying glass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chile Pinochet's New State of Siege | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

...request because he was still involved in undercover work. Gotti's attorney, Bruce Cutler, called the last-minute disclosure "outrageous," insisting that the evidence should have been shown to defense attorneys months ago. "There has been a constant attempt by the Government to try Mr. Gotti by ambush," said Cutler. "They are not going to succeed." Nevertheless, the Government obviously hopes the tapes will prove that the most damaging witness against Gotti is the boss himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Code Violation | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

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