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Word: ganging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...usual, partners Riggs and Murtaugh have found themselves a few nefarious bad guys. Dogged investigation and Murtaugh's offer of shelter to a few of the refugees mire the duo and their families deep in the machinations of the fearsome Chinese Triad gang. Busting the Triad's multifaceted criminal empire proves to be a tall order for the aging cops, who turn an old catch phrase of Murtaugh's into a new mantra now that running and fighting are taking a heavy toll on wellworn joints: "We're not too old for this shit...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Murphy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lighthearted Weapon | 7/24/1998 | See Source »

...oldish news by now--and so are the film's action sequences, all frantic variations by director Richard Donner on gags we've seen before. New news Chris Rock works harder than anyone else trying to get laughs as a young detective helping the old pros pursue a gang that's smuggling illegal aliens into the country, but he's caught red-handed trying to steal the picture. Get some sneakers, kid. And try whispering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alas, The Movie Misfires | 7/20/1998 | See Source »

When the victim escaped to his car, the assailants surrounded it and smashed the windows, injuring the passengers and causing over $5,000 of damage with their fists. The 17-year-old accused ringleader was charged with second-degree gang assault, a felony. The teens had just been idle and decided to settle an old feud, according to police investigators who added that teen violence is on the rise in these suburbs...

Author: By Barbara E. Martinez, | Title: POSTCARD FROM WESTCHESTER COUNTY | 7/17/1998 | See Source »

Abner Stoltzfus began taking on work as a roofer in his late teens, often traveling outside his home in Lancaster County, Penn., to rustle up some spare cash. Before long he ran into a member of the Pagans motorcycle gang who offered him some cocaine on the job. Soon Stoltzfus was hooked, money was running low, and he began pushing drugs to feed his habit. "I don't think there was much analysis behind his actions," his lawyer, John Pyfer Jr., told TIME. "I think it just happened, the way it could happen to your child or mine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amiss Among The Amish | 7/6/1998 | See Source »

...their weekly meetings, has nothing to do with godly behavior. In the 1970s and '80s the Pagans racked up charges of murder, extortion and drug dealing, learning discretion the hard way after federal indictments decimated their ranks. Still, with about 600 members, the Pagans are the largest biker gang in the East, and they haven't given up their cause: general mayhem. The Pagans indicted last week were charged with, among other things, distributing 10 kilos of coke in the area...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amiss Among The Amish | 7/6/1998 | See Source »

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