Word: arsons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...less farfetched than it sounds. A few well-planted bombs all too easily close train and subway access; destruction of six major bridges and four tunnels completes the island's separation from the mainland. Meanwhile, a smoothly engineered blackout in the South Bronx results in looting and arson, distracting police from the citynapers' main operation...
...meals they were served behind bars. With all the city cells booked up, many of the fire fighters would have to await vacancies before they could serve their time. By week's end Kansas City had handled more than 265 alarms without loss of life, but arson in the city had risen alarmingly. At that point, a judge ordered the reinstatement of the 42 dismissed men; to universal relief, the fire fighters voted to return to work...
...martial-law decree, all residents of Kabul were ordered to surrender firearms to the police within 24 hours; violators would be taken before "military-revolutionary" courts. A TASS dispatch from Kabul explained that the Interior Ministry had ordered the martial law and curfew in response to "plunder and arson" by Muslim insurgents and what it called "foreign agents, mercenaries and stooges...
...million in losses suffered by one syndicate headed by Underwriter Frederick ("Tim") Sasse. Between 1975 and 1977 this group amassed an amazing collection of bad risks. Some 1,300 claims worth $22.7 million were paid out in fire-insurance policies issued in Canada and the U.S., many in the arson-plagued South Bronx. The Sasse syndicate had also reportedly exceeded its premium-issuing limit by some 3½ times. Now 38 members of the group, who are under pressure to come up with an average $448,000 each, are suing the insurance exchange and challenging the sacred unlimited liability rule...