Word: die
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pass his legislation, Clinton must hold together a fragile alliance of liberals and conservatives. George Bush sponsored a package that was similar in many ways to Clinton's, only to see it die in the Senate. To forestall such failure, Clinton's bill depends largely on a clever bit of horse trading. The idea is that liberals -- eager to appear hard-nosed -- would accept the death penalty and the limitations on habeas corpus appeals in order to get the gun control they so ardently desire, while conservatives, eager to appear constructive, would make the reverse trade...
...concerned with the threat of the electric chair. "Many of them face death every day of their lives," says James Fox, dean of the College of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University. "They don't think about the possibility -- as remote as it is -- that they'll someday die for a crime. These kids are all armed and in gangs, and they worry about dying next week...
...that would carry them away from the peaks they had captured after 10 days of heavy fighting. Some displayed the souvenirs of victory: a Bosnian flag, a helmet with an inscription in Arabic script, street signs from occupied towns. "We follow orders," said one soldier, "but men should not die for this if we are only going to give it back...
...local soldiers. Were they afraid of NATO air attacks if they did not withdraw? No, replied a self-confident Serb captain. "We know you can hurt us by air strikes, but you can only defeat us on the ground," he said. "You will not send your boys here to die on my soil...
Americans Die in Mogadishu...