Word: attacks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Paichit Linpiyavarn of Somerville, who worked as waitress at the Thai Pattaya restaurant, was fatally stabbed there around 10:45 p.m. Sunday night. Her husband, Voravit Larpchardenrus, 35, who is a chef at the restaurant, was also stabbed in the attack, but he survived, the detective said...
...past, the team has worked on improving defense, counter-attack, and, this week, playing in a narrow pool. Harvard is a fast team, and therefore has a disadvantage playing in smaller pools like the one at MIT. The Crimson's performance at MIT shows that its work has come to fruition...
...since the energy shocks of the 1970s has a Big Oil company been so vilified. From corner filling stations to the halls of Congress, Exxon came under attack last week for its role in the Alaskan oil spill. In Washington leaders of two consumer groups gathered near an Exxon station to call for a nationwide boycott of the company's products. On New York's Long Island, Suffolk County Executive Pat Halpin said the local government would cut its contractual ties with Exxon as a supplier. In California a lawsuit was filed that accused the oil company of boosting gasoline...
...December 1987. Villagers said their tempers had flared earlier in the week when Jewish settlers uprooted trees in the area and Israeli soldiers patrolling the rural village shouted obscenities at local women. When word spread of Abu Gayadeh's killing, the enraged villagers poured out of their houses and attacked the policemen. "As we say in Arabic, patience has limits," said Ahmed, 45, a farmer who would give only his first name. "They pushed us to attack them...
...late 1960s at the Naval Undersea Center in Point Mugu, Calif., and then in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, dolphins were trained for duty in the Viet Nam War. In particular, the animals learned to attack objects with barbed darts. The plan was to have dolphins help protect Cam Ranh Bay by sticking darts into enemy divers who approached. Each dart was attached to a spool of tough thread and a float. When surface patrols spotted the float, they could reel in the hooked diver...