Word: assaultive
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...while Harvard’s aggressive offensive assault was the story of the game, its defense provided a compelling subplot...
...vehemently. Limbaugh has promised he's "not going down without a fight" and calls the Fairness Doctrine just "the tip of the iceberg" of an attempt by the federal government to expand its power. Newt Gingrich called the Fairness Doctrine "Affirmative Action for liberals" and Hannity called it "an assault on the First Amendment...
...assault began at about 11 p.m. local time, when two light aircraft burst into Colombo. One bomb hit the Inland Revenue Department, but the real target may have been the Sri Lankan Air Force building, which is directly behind it. The government of Sri Lanka says that 27 people were injured and two people died; other sources reported that has many as 40 people were injured. Both planes were shot down, one of them crashing down next to Colombo's international airport, according to the Sri Lankan government...
...past few weeks, hundreds of civilians have been killed in the fighting, according to the Red Cross, during an assault by the army, which is determined to finish off the Tigers once and for all. An estimated 250,000 civilians are still trapped inside a rapidly shrinking war zone--the last remaining 40 sq. mi. (103 sq km) held by the Tigers--and the army is preparing to expand the camps to house them. The Defense Ministry says more than 6,000 new IDPs crossed into army-held territory in just a few days in mid-February...
...million to ?1.5 million ($1.4 million to $2.1 million, roughly). These include a televised interview with America's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan and extensive coverage in OK! magazine of her wedding to her boyfriend Jack Tweed, recently released from prison, where he was serving a term for assault. "It's weird, but it's like a film - I'm happy, but then I'm sad, obviously," Tweed said of his forthcoming nuptials...