Word: fatale
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spent 24 of his 37 years behind bars, was paroled from Utah State Prison last spring, after Mailer had arranged publication of Abbott's book, In the Belly of the Beast, a horrifying description of prison life, and offered him a job as a researcher. On the fatal July morning, Abbott was breakfasting at the Bini-Bon with two young women and asked Adan if he could use the restroom. Adan replied that it was for employees only, and the two began a quarrel that they went outside to settle...
...conference last week, Deputy Premier Jerzy Ozdowski even expressed vague hopes that martial law might be lifted "tomorrow or by Feb. 1." The skepticism of Western observers seemed to be confirmed at week's end when Government Spokesman Jerzy Urban declared that martial law would last until "all fatal phenomena"-in other words, all opposition-ended...
This ploy proved fatal, however, when defenseman Paula Joyce of Dartmouth saw an opening with 42 seconds left to play, and shot the puck straight into the Crimson net from near her own goal, bringing the score to 4-2 and clinching the victory for Dartmouth...
...Kent Schwitzer, a Minnesota physician, warned that alcohol can be fatal in extreme cold and advised those who had consumed alcohol to remain in doors...
...about the dangerous lessons we teach kids. But the Big Themes are squashed right from the start under the weight of a ponderous and highly improbable story line. First Bache (George C. Scott) pulls a pistol during a townie-cadet brawl, eventually killing a local and suffering a fatal heart attack himself. Then, instead of packing up and heading for the shore, the youthful commandos decide to honor their fallen leader and the school he loved by declaring war on the outside world. Needless to say, they stumble upon a secret cache of sophisticated weaponry, which Bache had kept...