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...Spiszer, commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, along the border, said on June 23. Over the past year, the going prices for guns and ammo "have almost doubled," he noted. "That's a great sign." Such pressure on safe havens in Pakistan will reduce hit-and-run attacks across the border...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New General, and a New War, in Afghanistan | 7/10/2009 | See Source »

...haven't cried since I was 11, and I cried.' JOE SAUNDERS, of the Los Angeles Angels, after 22-year-old teammate Nick Adenhart was killed in a hit-and-run car accident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

Down 2-0 in the fourth, sophomore center fielder Dillon O’Neill led off the inning with a walk, giving the Crimson speed on the basepaths. A timely hit-and-run pulled BC shortstop Garret Smith towards the bag at second, leaving him unable to cleanly field a grounder from senior Taylor Meehan...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Lets Consolation Lead Slip Away | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

...beginning, Usman joined a Kashmiri militant outfit, but soon he banded together with other Pakistanis, including Saeed, to form LeT. "The Kashmiris appreciated us because we were good fighters," says Usman. "Unlike the Kashmiris, who only did hit-and-run attacks, we stayed and fought for hours." That confidence, he says, came from the training. "We were fearless. The Koran tells us that if we are martyred, we are successful. It is the misfortune of my life that I was not martyred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Making of a Mumbai Terrorist | 3/8/2009 | See Source »

Jarek Molski, 38, is a bit of a legend in legal circles. Disabled in a 1985 motorcycle accident that left him a paraplegic, he has filed 400 lawsuits against businesses under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), alleging access violations. He was dubbed a "hit-and-run plaintiff" in 2004 by a federal judge and barred from filing any more lawsuits. Molski, of course, appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which finally rejected his case on Nov. 17 without comment. Molski must now petition the Central District Court of California and all state courts first before filing any new lawsuits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lawsuits by the Disabled: Abuse of the System? | 12/29/2008 | See Source »

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