Word: assaultive
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite what New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and the fiery economy have done to clean things up, smelly garbage, careering cabs and dog poop still assault New Yorkers daily. Most residents become inured to the offal they encounter. It's a survival mechanism but also a matter of pride. So it was a bit embarrassing last week when the mayor got ruffled by an art exhibit, of all things...
LeFave and her mother, convicted of three counts of child rape and four counts of indecent assault and battery, were released in 1995 by Middlesex Superior Court judge Robert Barton...
...back to Logan to catch his plane. Jazz and classical are his realm, but he will venture a thought on pop when forced to do so. Ludwig is reserved in his opinions, but is almost certainly a man of good taste, as inferred from his revulsion at our interrogative assault. At the least, his point of view possesses the advantage of maturity as well as continentality...
Bombarded by the aerial assault of Villanova quarterback Chris Boden, who set a school record with 424 yards passing, the Penn defense could not repeat its opening week performance, when it held Dartmouth to only six points...
Your article seems to make "risk takers" the modern equivalent of Greek heroes [ADVENTURE, Sept. 6]. But such enthusiasm is an assault on the legions of young Americans striving to build a family and career based on something deeper and more enduring than a dopamine surge of pleasure. The risk takers represent a fringe of our society, and while interesting to a point, they are hardly the leaders of a movement. SEAN P. MAZER New York City...