Word: assaults
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...prohibit abortion in cases in which the woman's life is in danger. That is the most narrow exemption one could conceive. Meanwhile, victims of rape and incest would be forced to carry their pregnancies to term. Question 1 is not a limited measure; it is a potentially sweeping assault on abortion rights in Massachusetts...
Many close races may be decided by which candidates can cough up the cash for a heavy media assault in the last days of the campaign. Here the G.O.P. holds an astounding edge. Through Sept. 30, the National Republican Senatorial Committee distributed $6.7 million to its candidates, while the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee could muster only $2.8 million in funds. The Senate campaign committees are each limited by law to spending roughly $12 million for all Senate races. The G.O.P. expects to "max out" its cash limits in every one of its tough races, while the financially strapped Democrats will...
...body. Gradually weakened by the onslaught, the AIDS victim dies, sometimes in months, but almost always within a few years of the first symptoms. By last week this appalling scenario had been played out to its fatal conclusion in some 15,000 Americans. Another 11,500 were under assault, showing the telltale symptoms of the disease, and from 1 million to 2 million others harbored the virus, vulnerable at any time to a final, all-out attack...
...With 100 crates full of assault rifles? You Americans are so arrogant with your gross violations of international law. How do you think your government would respond if a foreigner came into your country with so many weapons...
...pilots on board an Israeli F-4 Phantom fighter were forced to parachute when the jet was hit by an antiaircraft missile during the assault on bases of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Four people on the ground were killed and twelve were wounded in the attack, the 13th on guerrilla positions in Lebanon this year. But it was the first time since November 1983 that an Israeli plane had been destroyed by enemy fire. One pilot hid in the brush for an hour, activating an electronic device that enabled a rescue helicopter to determine his position. Despite heavy gunfire...