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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Minutes after the alleged assault, a female witness reported the crime and said the perpetrator had proceeded to smash her car's windshield...

Author: By Anne M. Stiles, | Title: Homeless Man Assaulted Near Peabody Terrace | 9/16/1996 | See Source »

...might think that what remains unfinished for the New England Division I Player of the Year is his assault on Harvard's all-time rushing record...

Author: By Michael E. Ginsberg, | Title: ONE YEAR ONE GOAL | 9/13/1996 | See Source »

...Cambridge's investigation has progressed, police officials have released a more detailed description of last week's assault...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade, | Title: Sexual Assault Near Mather Raises Concerns | 9/13/1996 | See Source »

...reason to get rid of the air-defense missile sites in the no-fly zone. The question is whether the response this week will be stronger and more effective than it was last week." Providing an effective response could prove a delicate balancing act. Short of a ground assault on Iraq, the U.S. is ultimately limited in just how far it can go to control the Iraqi leader. Thompson says that while the U.S. will most likely step up its response, it does not want to launch too strong an attack out of fear it won't deter Saddam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Prepares Response To Iraq | 9/11/1996 | See Source »

...longer. The first modest assault on the long dominance of the King James version came in 1952, when the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S. released the Revised Standard Version. Thanks to 350 years of discoveries in archaeology and philology, the Revised Standard more accurately, if rather less poetically, reflected the original documents than did the King James. It quickly became the authorized text for most mainline Protestants. And after that trickle, the floodgates were opened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE POWER OF BABBLE | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

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