Word: hit-and-run
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...Diario de Hoy asked, "How will it be explained to the soldiers who in the field of battle captured these freed insurrectionists?" Of more immediate concern to the President was the reaction of the Salvadoran armed forces, which lately have had a hard time combatting the guerrillas' hit-and-run attacks. One field commander circulated a petition objecting to the negotiations with the guerrillas. Duarte did not have much time to ponder the consequences of his actions. Just one day after his daughter's release, edgy soldiers guarding the presidential palace opened fire on several vehicles in the vicinity...
ARRESTED. David Crosby, 44, strung-out singer-guitarist with the pop group Crosby, Stills and Nash; on drug, weapon and hit-and-run charges, after he allegedly crashed his car into a fence, fled the scene and was later found to have a .45-cal. pistol and cocaine paraphernalia in the vehicle; in Mill Valley, Calif. It was his third arrest on drug-related charges in the past year...
Michael A. Hill ’02 was the victim of a hit-and-run while crossing Mount Auburn Street, prompting calls for increased safety for pedestrians in the Square. Shira Palmer-Sherman, Class of 2002, died in 2000 after she was struck by a car in the Square...
Life on American Idol has been downright off-key lately. First, an onscreen phone-number foul-up forced Fox to give viewers a second chance to vote. Then Idol judge Paula Abdul was fined and placed on probation for a hit-and-run accident (no one was injured) that happened on a California freeway last December. The good news is that Idol is TV's top-rated show, drawing more than 25 million viewers a pop. Maybe Miss Rush, Rush can spring for a limo...
...frequency of crimes in a second category—including fraud, sex offenses, disorderly conduct, drinking in public, vandalism, blackmail, and hit-and-run accidents—fell 4 percent for the same period...