Word: colts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...police are definitely outgunned in this country," asserts Dewey Stokes, national president of the Fraternal Order of Police. A cop armed with the six- shot .38-cal. service revolver that has been standard for decades has little chance in a shootout with a criminal wielding, say, a converted Colt ; AR-15 capable of firing 900 rounds a minute; if not hit in the first fusillade, the policeman is likely to be shot while reloading. Out of that fear, police departments across the country are discarding the old .38 for semiautomatic weapons, and the DEA started a year ago to rearm...
...Bush despairs. "If it weren't for this deficit looming over everything else," he said, "I'd feel like a spring colt." The emphasis carried into the Inaugural. "A thousand points of light," Bush's call for increased volunteerism, can be interpreted as a deficit-constrained alternative to federally funded programs. Soothing symbols may be all that the less fortunate get from the Bush Administration because, as the President said, "we have a deficit to bring down . . . We have more will than wallet...
Other freshmen include Buffy Hansen, Ceci Clark, Sarah Colt, Ginny Simonds and Lauren Messmore. Co-Captain Julia Trotman thinks this strong incoming class will offset the loss of last year's seven seniors...
...women's ice hockey team's dynasty should remain intact. A number of prospects will hope to crack the women's ice hockey starting line-up and send Harvard to its third straight Ivy title. The recruits include: Cici Clark of South Hamilton, Mass.; Sandra Colt of Wenham, Mass.; Elizabeth Hanson of Lincoln, Mass.; Courtney Hurley of Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.; Lauren Messmore of Hartford, Conn.; Virginia Simon of Manchester, Mass.; Beverley Stickles of Concord, Mass. and Sandra White of Saugas, Mass...
...silver tea set for collateral. They managed to get a $9,000 loan, but most women entrepreneurs are not so fortunate. A surprising number of bankers remain skeptical that women can successfully run any kind of company, regardless of experience or credit history. Christine Bierman owns three companies, including Colt Safety, a distributor of hard hats and other equipment. But she told the House committee, "I have been turned down for a loan by every bank in St. Louis...