Word: ganges
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Things didn't quite work out for Josh Anderson in the Mormon church. Nor did a nondenominational Christian upbringing light the way for Randy Haselton. But neither teen gave up entirely on structure and clean living in Utah. The boys hooked up with Straight Edge, an anti-drug gang of middle-class kids, and discovered new passions. Josh became a vegan and firebombed a McDonald's; Randy enjoys beating the tar out of people...
...hour gun battle with federal agents on Whidbey Island, Wash. Mathews was the founder of the Order, a radical offshoot of Aryan Nations believed to be responsible for a series of bombings and murders, including that of Denver radio talk-show host Alan Berg in 1984. Mathews' gang financed its campaign of violence with a string of highly successful robberies that netted an estimated $4 million...
This year there has been controversy surrounding students who were thought to be gang members and were searched without the knowledge of their parents...
Talk to Microsoft and AOL about the need for standards, and you get the distinct impression of being stuck in the middle of a high-minded schoolyard row. Both sides talk about the gangs they're forming to find common ground in the messaging industry, and if the other guy wants to come over and join our gang, well, that's fine with us. (For the record, AOL has hooked up with Apple, Sun, Novell and Real Networks; Microsoft's gang of strange bedfellows includes Excite, Infoseek, PeopleLink, AT&T, Yahoo and Prodigy...
Although people from all over the world come to D.C., each sporting a different accent and style, tourists generally come in two flavors: the family unit and the unending gang of noisy, rowdy kids. The target is a matter of personal preference. The locals tend to have more interaction with families, but I personally enjoy the pure entertainment value of high school seniors...