Word: blew
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...interview was supposed to be on the Today show at 6:35," says Marj, a spunky woman who says she has known the Quayles for "only" 23 years, "but the generator blew, and they had to frantically call New York. Luckily, my husband Homer was waiting on me, and he hot-wired the truck and we went on at 7:08." And the interview? "Well, Katie ((Couric)) didn't ask any of the questions they told me she would...
Only months after this incident, that same ship blew up its forward gunmount, killing or blinding many members of the crew. "In order to forgive myself," says Hagerty, "I went and formed a legal organization called the Lawyers Military Defense Committee...
...does one decipher the moral calculus of terror? In August 1980 a bomb blew up in the railroad terminal of Bologna, killing 85 people and injuring 200. Nothing was fully proved; no one was ever punished. So no one will ever know what agenda that atrocity served or whether it achieved anything for the murderers. Last week another bomb went off, next to the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence's principal museum. A stolen Fiat van packed with explosives blew up in the middle of the night next to the museum's west wing. The fireball and blast killed five people...
...last week Scott's closet door blew wide open in front of a Senate panel probing the legitimacy of the military ban on gays. For Scott, the feeling was bittersweet as Colonel Peck strove before the committee to reconcile his unwavering love for his homosexual son with his steadfast support of the ban. For the millions of viewers watching the televised hearing, the colonel's poignant struggle humanized a search for a compromise solution that has become shrill and riddled with stereotypes...
...this to those people," he pleaded over the loudspeaker. "This is not the way to end it." He called out to cult members: If you can't see, walk toward the loudspeaker, follow the voice. An explosion rocked the compound, then another and another as ammunition stores blew up. The building shuddered, like the earthquake Koresh had foretold...