Word: harassments
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...before long found itself with old and outdated equipment. A plan to upgrade its machines was defeated in Congress during the 1970s, when the agency fell prey to suspicions generated by Watergate. Legislators feared that some day an Administration might use a centralized computer tax system to harass citizens. In January 1980 the IRS at last issued a call for bids on a new computer to replace its old Honeywell and Control Data machines. The contract was awarded to Sperry 18 months later, but the agency did not complete its order for the new computers until December 1984. Later...
...though the Sudanese Army reclaimed Tawila the day after the rebel attacks, the remaining civilians don't feel any safer. Far from protecting them, the townspeople say they are again the soldiers' prey. "They have treated the people in a bad way," says one man. "They beat us, they harass us, they take our things." And sometimes they rape...
...call has revived rumors about a “serial whisperer,” a male said to harass female undergraduates over the phone...
...haven't been beaten. From the nature of the fight and interviews with insurgents before the attack, it seems clear the nationalist and jihadist leadership had by and large already left the city along with much of their ranks, leaving behind, in classic guerrilla style, a rearguard detail to harass and interdict U.S. forces. The Americans in Fallujah got a taste of what they may confront across Iraq's restive Sunni triangle as the military command attempts to root out the insurgents from their sanctuaries. They are a tenacious enemy who fight as any guerrilla force might--never head...
...global jaunt. In his most affected sneer, Ryder describes a drug binge under belted-out celebratory cries of “Holiday!” Sounds of airport announcements and seagulls squawking violently lurk in the background while he claims, “We’re here to harass you / we want your pills and grass...