Word: america
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Five people would die at All-Tech. And by dusk, Barton, 44, had turned Glock and Colt on himself as police cornered him at a gas station in an Atlanta suburb. By that time, America had seen hours of TV images of panic in Atlanta's streets and of the city's financial center under almost martial rule. As his victims are mourned, the dead murderer's grim story keeps unfolding, with details of financial folly, maudlin suicide notes, adultery, brutality, suspected fraud, even an earlier set of suspected murders. At a time of increased public anxiety over such shooting...
...suppose that most tourists are similar around the globe, but D.C. tourists rank above travelers to any other city. People don't come to Washington to relax or catch a show or see Elvis' house. They flock to the capital to learn, celebrate America and be the best gosh darn patriotic citizens they can be--even the foreigners, which I will never understand. During their delves into American heritage, these people really appreciate D.C. as the gorgeous marble city that it is. They appear almost childlike to me. At times I even get the impression that they think wearing...
...that most law students have benefited from diversity begs the question 'What is diversity?'" said Edward Blum, executive director of the Houston-based Campaign for a Colorblind America (CCBA), a non-profit organization that lobbies against racial preferences. "How do we know when we have achieved...
...that most law students have benefited from diversity begs the question 'What is diversity?'" said Edward Blum, executive director of the Houston-based Campaign for a Colorblind America (CCBA), a non-profit organization that lobbies against racial preferences. "How do we know when we have achieved...
...paramilitary structures that infiltrate law enforcement and other state bodies in order to beat drug-interdiction efforts. Smuggling cocaine off a U.S. military base dedicated precisely to stopping its flow may mark a new level of boldness. But as long as there are fortunes to be made supplying North America?s hunger for the white powder, people in a poor country such as Colombia may be willing to take the risk...