Word: bulled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Union artillerymen were cut to bits, and by 3:15 p.m., the disaster that the North was to call the First Battle of Bull Run was all but over. "Chase them Yankees back to Washington," shouted a woman in the spectators' area. Overhead, a supersonic Concorde ghosted upward from Dulles Airport, far too high for its passengers to see history being remade...
Short, stocky and muscular, the pit bullterrier has a reputation for viciousness, so much so that Adventurer-Author Jack London once characterized it as "clinging death." Bred as a dogged fighter, the pit bull uses powerful jaws to grip and shake its victim until the flesh tears loose...
Unfortunately some pit bulls have been unleashing that aggression on humans. As 18-month-old Claremont Brown lay by his mother's feet in the backyard of a family friend's home two weeks ago in Westminster, Calif., he was set upon by a pit bull. Dragging the child 20 feet before his mother could intervene, the dog mauled the baby's face so badly that it may require years of plastic surgery to repair the damage. Earlier this summer, in Ramsay, Mich., a pit bull broke out of its owner's yard and wandered into a neighbor's. There...
...result of such attacks, numerous U.S. cities have tried to outlaw the breed. Most laws banning the pit bull get thrown out in court. Judges usually find that because the term pit bull means any one of three breeds, as well as crosses with these breeds, it is difficult to define legally. A more successful technique for protecting the public may be to pass ordinances making owners of any dog responsible for harm inflicted by their pets...
What was more striking about last week's dive was the extent to which investors now live routinely with the roller-coaster dips of the longest bull market since the 1920s. Stock-market analysts were quick to point out that the early-week drop was equivalent to only 4.2% of the Dow's value, in contrast to the record loss of nearly 13% on Oct. 28, 1929. Moreover, last Monday was the fifth notably dismal day of the year, even as the Dow has climbed about 350 points since Jan. 1. The others: Jan. 8, a 39-point loss; March...