Word: frequented
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...camp atop a 7,200-ft. mountain near by. Among them are Khun Sa's mercenaries and their local allies. In the surrounding jungle are the rival forces of a pro-Communist warlord known as ABe. Periodically, bursts of machine-gun fire echo down the mountainside. Ambushes are frequent, and victims seldom receive a proper burial. Says a Western narcotics agent: "There seems to be only one rule when warlords fight. Kill anything that moves...
...late 1970s. In Detroit, the average number of annual deaths caused by police fell in the late 1970s from 32 to 21. For Atlanta under Maynard Jackson, the average went from 11 to four. Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley, an ex-cop, allows the District Attorney to conduct frequent investigations into how and when his police fire their guns...
...with rural roads, the problem of obsolete bridges is most acute in areas too impoverished to replace them. More and more frequent is the sight of school buses stopping at creaking wooden bridges to let children walk across, then following behind to pick them up on the other side. In many cases, even this is risky for the driver of an empty bus. "We have a lot of ten-ton buses going across a three-ton bridge," says Clovis Fraser, a Georgia transportation official...
...subject, Classified Love. "If you write 'Sincerewoman seeking sincere man,' you're going to get 25 boring letters." Since standards of accuracy are not always rigorous, the words slim and attractive are not taken literally. Susan Block, a Los Angeles writer, says "the most frequent complaint from men is that the women weigh more than they say. The women complain that the men are flaky...
...obscene what they expect us to go through to complete these projects." Molly F. Hunt '85, a student in the class, said yesterday. Students complain of frequent "crashes"--computer breakdowns--and long waiting lines in the terminal room...