Word: brief
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...brief skirmish even broke out between the candidates' supporters after the debate
...three years, they have wept and cowered, despairing of the empty hopelessness of their days, terrified of the senseless brutality of their nights. Now, in the brief moment between the rule of thugs and the rule of law, under the reassuring protection of U.S. troops, the impoverished of Haiti are finally able to sleep -- and dream -- again. When Jean-Bertrand Aristide returns, they say, everything will be possible. "First there will be food, and then life will be easier," says Clemence Chaperone, 37, an unmarried mother who sells hard candy to feed her three children. When the money begins...
...failure of Euro Disney and the opening of Baltic Disney is the subject of a "News and Notes" brief. Other "News and Notes" briefs announce the arrest of Star Wars robot C-3PO, the love affair between Soon-Yi Farrow and her sister's Ken doll and the rise of Jams-wearing baby shower terrorists...
...Visbeck later told police, the man, carrying a black brief case, picked up three of the store's rare books, with a total value of about $250. First, he brought the books into the front room near the cash register. Then he transported them to a marble display case, and, says Visbeck, covered them over with one of the books on display...
Jonathan Shapiro, the Boston attorney representing Cole, says the charges are meritless, and he has filed a motion to dismiss them. In one brief, he argues that the assault charge is inappropriate because of a court decision holding that body parts cannot be considered dangerous weapons. Shapiro also says the alleged crime does not constitute larceny...