Word: flees
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bomb hidden in a parked car in front of Syria's air force headquarters blew up, killing 20 and wounding 50. The air force building and an adjacent hospital were heavily damaged. A man who drove the car to the building was shot to death while trying to flee. No one claimed responsibility...
...chance of being passed by Congress is bail reform. The task force suggests that judges be allowed to consider the "dangerousness" of a defendant before setting him free on bail; in general, judges are now supposed to base their bail decisions only on the likelihood that the accused will flee. Congress is also likely to be sympathetic toward the panel's recommendation that guidelines be set for sentencing and that parole be abolished. No longer would sentences vary wildly from judge to judge for similar crimes, and criminals serving lengthy prison terms would not be set loose after just...
...what they yearn to shout is that the former boss and the gossip columnist are the putrescence of the earth, that they have the grace of herring, the brains of rock stars, that their faces would sink a fleet. They do not say so, of course. Instead, their minds flee their true feelings like panicked belles, skittering over perfectly decent invectives, settling finally on the gray ruins of politeness...
Actually, there is no good reason for the Executive Branch of Government to be any more self-conscious about taking time off than either of the other two branches. The Supreme Court manages to flee Washington for the entire summer every year without a writ of apology, and Congress, as usual, has scattered until September. All this exiting has had a refreshing effect on life in the capital city, if not on its weather. Traffic flows; restaurants offer a table. The first drafts for all proposed budgets for FY 1983 are due at the Office of Management and Budget...
...matter of company largesse or individual trade union contract, but an official right granted workers by generous national laws. Little or no weight is given to worker age or job tenure in computing basic vacation entitlements. France virtually shuts down in August as businesses close and urban dwellers flee to the Pyrenees and the seashore. French law provides two days of vacation for every month worked, or typically almost five weeks of holiday per year for nearly all employees. A month-long hiatus is also a tradition in Italy, West Germany, Scandinavia and Spain. In fact, Europeans have trouble comprehending...