Word: hit-and-run
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...Crown Prince and Paras had become increasingly close in the past few months, and the two shared a disregard for what they saw as plebeian laws. Nicknamed the Killer Prince, Paras was involved in at least four hit-and-run fatalities and several incidents of discharging firearms in public places. Despite a public outcry last year, the King refused to revoke Paras' royal immunity from prosecution. The facts that Paras and his family emerged from the shooting spree virtually unscathed, and that it is his branch of the family that will benefit the most, have prompted much public frustration. Indeed...
Unfortunately for Harvard, Nyweide’s teammates were much less stellar in the field. With sophomore defensive catcher Brian Lentz absent from the lineup, Rhode Island was very aggressive on the basepaths. The Rams effectively used the hit-and-run, and six Harvard errors only helped them...
...like "Cobra" and "The Beard"--include men who battled Serb units in 1998 and 1999 with the Kosovo Liberation Army. Significantly, ex-K.L.A. commanders in Kosovo have declined to condemn the insurgency, and a radical Kosovo leader last week claimed solidarity with the new group. Moreover, the hit-and-run attacks on police outposts closely resemble K.L.A. tactics during the Kosovo conflict. The guerrillas could be eager to foment a rebellion in order to fuel extremism across the region, or they could simply be hoping to force the government into political concessions...
...Today every Palestinian is like a Scud missile. He gets up, puts on his clothes and mows people down." DAVID BAR MAOZ, an Israeli, after a hit-and-run attack by a Palestinian on a crowded bus stop near Tel Aviv...
...excuse not to visit her mother LuLing, who lives nearby, and her mother encourages this reaction: "What I should pay you, five dollar, 10 dollar, then you come see me?" But Ruth has reasons to keep her mother at arm's length. Her father died in a hit-and-run accident when she was two, leaving her the sole spectator and victim of her widowed mother's bad temper and ominous threats ("Maybe I die soon!"). But now Ruth realizes that her mother is behaving erratically, even for her, and seems to be mentally fading away. A doctor confirms Ruth...