Word: hangings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Executive Board--in office for only a week, still trying to get the hang of running the place--now faced the prospect of becoming the first Executive Board since World War II to cancel publication...
Daily Spin "I'm going to be fine, and you will be, too, and let's all hang in there" -- President Clinton, reassuring his Cabinet...
There are many ways, some gruesome, some graceful, to kill yourself once you set your mind to it. Ted Kaczynski's attempt to hang himself with his underwear in his jail cell last week seemed a clumsy gesture compared with the convoluted strategy he has been employing in court. First he threatened to fire his lawyers if they kept insisting on portraying him as mentally ill. Then he argued that he wanted to defend himself. And that, lawyers observed, would probably ensure that he would wind up dead after...
...case finally seemed ready to go on Thursday morning. Few people in the courtroom knew that Kaczynski had arrived in his prison jumpsuit but without underwear; U.S. marshals saw a slight red bruise on his neck and later concluded that he tried to hang himself the night before. At 7:50 a.m., prosecutor Robert Cleary nervously paced the courtroom's well, then went up to the jury box to ensure he knew what jurors would be able to see when he started his opening statement. But once everyone was seated, Clarke stood up. "Mr. Kaczynski has a request that...
When the Broncos take the field against the Green Bay Packers, there will be more at stake than Denver?s first Super Bowl win in five tries: The fate of a new stadium, whose financing depends on ballot approval of a sales-tax extension, could hang in the balance. In early 1997, polls showed community sentiment running strongly against a publicly financed new home for the Broncos. But now, in the euphoria of a 12-4 season record and three play-off wins, Denverites seem ready and willing to tax themselves for the even greater glory of their gridders...