Word: aug
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They are charged with aiding the Iraqis during their seven-month occupation that began with the Aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait, prompting the Persian Gulf War, and ended in late February when allied forces liberated the emirate...
...AUG. 17 The promised response. Thanking me again for my inquiry, it went on to say: "Our records show we received a return from you on Apr. 15, 1990; however, it is not immediately available. Please send us a newly signed copy...
...AUG. 23 Before I could whip off another 30-page return, I got, just six days later, yet another nice letter from Glynda Hankins, this one informing me that "the information you requested is enclosed." Except that it was not. Enclosed instead were a copy of the basic "who must file" instructions (someone had underlined, in purple, the paragraph about widows and widowers) and a photocopy of a death certificate for a man named Clyde Majors, who had died in 1988 of "myocardial infarction due to a ruptured esophagus." ("WARNING:" read the bottom of the death certificate...
...Angeles. On Aug. 30, 1989, a seven-man narcotics squad from the county sheriff's department was investigating a money-laundering scheme. When the suspects left behind $498,000 in cash, the plainclothesmen skimmed $48,000 in booty. The "money launderers" turned out to be FBI agents, and their hidden cameras were rolling. Charges of conspiracy, theft and tax evasion were brought against the seven for that and other skimming operations. They received prison sentences last week of two to five years...
...York City. Police were trying to enforce an unpopular curfew on Manhattan's Tompkins Square Park, and hundreds of protesters had gathered on Aug. 6, 1988. Without warning, a wave of cops tore into the crowd and began clubbing and kicking demonstrators and bystanders alike. A video artist taped scenes that became key evidence in a trial of five officers. Though none were convicted, the top cop at the park that evening retired, and the police commissioner publicly criticized the actions of New York's finest as leading to unnecessary confrontations...