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...flying glass. "When you see what it does, you can't believe it," said Nurse Moser. "It's as though you filled a shotgun shell with slivers of glass and shot it at someone." One man was pierced in 100 places; there were slashed throats, punctured lungs. Dr. Richard Crook treated patients with "blast trauma." "We saw ruptured eyeballs and rib fractures," he said. "One man was driving by the building when the bomb went off and had his window open. It ruptured his eardrums...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OKLAHOMA: CITY THE BLOOD OF INNOCENTS | 5/1/1995 | See Source »

...people surrounding the swimming pool with suitcases. Who were they? They were families and extended families of the embassy Marine guards, employees, the Vietnamese contract guards. Everybody who worked in that embassy had Vietnamese people their consciences told them they couldn't abandon, and by hook or by crook they all ended up there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SAIGON: THE FINAL 10 DAYS | 4/24/1995 | See Source »

...will, by hook or by crook, by frequent flyer miles or some other way, maintain our Cambridge connection," Breyer said, addressing a crowd of more than 200 at a breakfast sponsored by the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce...

Author: By Jeffrey N. Gell, | Title: Breyer Visits Cambridge Chamber of Commerce | 2/14/1995 | See Source »

While Helms is being excoriated for his recent remarks, perhaps we should recall another Gumpism: "Honesty is the best policy unless you are a crook...

Author: By Brad EDWARD White, | Title: Look Who's Talking | 11/30/1994 | See Source »

...crook or a criminal," Reeves said in an interview with The Crimson. The mayor, who is Black and gay, then went on to charge the Chronicle with biased reporting, maintaining that "the twins of both racism and homophobia are here...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Reeves Must Explain Actions | 10/31/1994 | See Source »

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