Word: crashing
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...reporter to the end, he was killed in a car crash in San Francisco on the way to an interview with a former New York Giants quarterback...
...jury. Before Baker sent the jury out to deliberate on April 2, he laid out these options for them: 1) Unlawful killing: grossly negligent driving of the following vehicles [the paparazzi] 2) Unlawful killing: grossly negligent driving of the Mercedes [by Henri Paul, who also died in the crash] 3) Unlawful killing: grossly negligent driving of the following vehicles and of the Mercedes 4) Accidental death 5) Open verdict [none of the above...
Financial regulation is usually born of financial disaster. The Panic of 1907--during which several big New York City banks actually did fail--led to the creation of the Federal Reserve. The Great Depression, unleashed by a market crash and countless bank runs, gave us the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Glass-Steagall Act separating banks from Wall Street. Now we're up to our elbows in another mess, albeit one that has yet to acquire a name for the ages. (Credit crunch? Subprime meltdown? Give me a break!) And so, as foreclosure follows...
...Bowie-imitation remain. But Bejar also does some other, more unexpected emulations, which pay off handsomely.“Dark Leaves Form a Thread,” the most immediately catchy song on the album, sounds like a ragged collaboration of Guided By Voices and New Order. The crashing drums and singing guitar build until Bejar shouts the triumphant title line, then the synths kick in and the tune floats gloriously thereafter. His declarations are typically bizarre (“So, should you still want me / You can find me down at the café / A little bit too busy...
...motive for participating in the hLost fantasy, spurred by the TV series also set in a tropical island crash scenario. All the ingredients seemed to be in place for my fantasy to take shape: a picturesque volcanic island shrouded in mystery; a disastrous crash scenario; and a group of mostly young and attractive actors to play the roles of the other survivors, whom I was determined to lead on a polar bear hunt. GroundTruth was even nice enough to humor my daydream by writing me into the script as a ferry survivor who suffered post-traumatic stress and confused...