Word: fire
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mujahedin insurgents fear that the civilian toll may be high and that a successful attack may draw Soviet retribution from the air. That is what happened last August, when rebels took the northern city of Kunduz, then were forced to flee under a hail of fighter- bomber fire...
...stores are vastly less noisy and vastly better run than the [Orson Welles] theater was," says one resident who asked to remain anonymous. "The new stores are very sensitive to the needs of the neighborhood," she says, "in terms of noise, cleanliness, hygeine, safety and fire laws...
Healy is one of only five employees hired directly by the council. Critics of the clause have said it would increase the power of an unelected official to shape policy by providing the city with a strong financial incentive not to fire...
George Bush is not opposed to all killing, especially when talk of frying people can help pull him out of the political fire. During the campaign, he scored big points with his tough stance on capital punishment. He supported it on the stump, in the debates, and through anticrime TV ads trumpeting his belief in the death penalty. The ads harped on Michael Dukakis' opposition to capital punishment, a position Dukakis was not shy about proclaiming anyway. The death penalty is a useful issue for any politician who believes that voltage wins votes. It works in a campaign...
...That's what leaders are for, to take the heat," drawled House Speaker Jim Wright, sporting his trademark country-boy grin. It has seldom been hotter than it has been since plans for a 51% pay hike for top Government officials, including members of Congress, touched off a political fire storm...