Word: hit-and-run
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...have been trained and sent in small groups -- about 20 rebels each -- from Honduras into Nicaragua. This is a new stage in the conflict: instead of camping out in big, vulnerable bases on the border, they are using small bands to harass the Sandinistas with hit-and-run attacks...
...Joseph's solution? "Perhaps protesters could use some hit-and-run tactics to bring the issue of exclusivity to the forefront of public debate; activists could occupy a final club building and declare it the People's House." Whether this is an attempt at satire is indeterminable. One thing is certain, however; those who seem bent on either closing the final clubs or forcing them to admit women and minorities are attacking the foundations of the democratic ideals they want to protect...
...SASC has tried to educate their fellow students on the dangers of apartheid, activists could initiate programs to point out the risks posed by bold-faced elitism in a community that is supposed to serve as a symbol of free thought and opportunity. Perhaps protesters could use some hit-and-run tactics to bring the issue of exclusivity to the forefront of public debate; activists could occupy a final club building and declare it the People's House (it would be more comfortable than a shanty...
...study by Purdue University researchers shows that after Ohio instituted a tough drunk-driving law making it more likely for offenders to be jailed and have their licenses suspended, the number of alcohol-related accidents fell by 20%. But at the same time, the number of hit-and-run incidents caused by intoxicated drivers rose by 8%. "The higher the penalty for drunk driving," says Purdue Economist John Umbeck, a coauthor of the report, "the more there is to gain by leaving the scene...
...accidents in Ohio from January 1982 to June 1983, suggested that motorists facing severe punishment for drunk driving might be strongly inclined to cut out, especially if the penalty for fleeing the accident is scarcely harsher than that for causing it. One possible remedy: stiffen the laws against hit-and-run driving...