Word: gunpoint
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...mugged last week, held up at gunpoint in New York's Penn Station early Sunday morning. I was relieved of my money and watch by a man who didn't hesitate to point his weapon at me repeatedly to remind me he meant business. (It wasn't necessary.) For the guy who robbed me--a slim Black man about 25 years old, smoothly dressed and very much acting the role of the confident mugger--the incident will probably fade from memory quickly. New York's finest and their armed-robbery expertise notwithstanding, there's not a chance in hell...
...roads, but they found no trace of the 50-year-old Army general who was abducted from his apartment in Verona on Dec. 17. The Italian government sent hundreds of reinforcements and alpine troops to join the search. At a roadblock near Padua, four suspected terrorists were arrested at gunpoint and held for interrogation, though any connection with the abduction of the American general was not revealed...
Three armed men held up Cahaly's of Harvard Square last night, escaping with more than $50 after threatening two cashiers at gunpoint, witnesses said...
...surrounded by Israeli soldiers. Once inside, an officer impatiently read a military decree ordering his squad to demolish the house and confiscate the land. Qamsiyeh's son Walid had been arrested the night before, and had purportedly confessed to throwing molotov cocktails at an Israeli bus. At gunpoint, the father was urged to sign the order and given 90 minutes to evacuate his family and their belongings. At 2:07 a.m., a thunderous blast rocked the West Bank town of Beit Sahur...
...when there was no Social Security, welfare, Medicaid or unemployment insurance, the needy would come to my grandmother's door and she would help them out with money. Today Reagan is turning back to that world, except that this time, the needy may take what they need at gunpoint...