Word: hung
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...states have their own little RICOs. Meanwhile, prosecutors have begun to take advantage of the elasticity of the federal statute to pursue politicians and other government figures who do not fit the typical gangster mold. Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards, whose first trial ended in a hung jury, is back in federal court again facing RICO charges involving an influence-peddling scheme. Two weeks ago, federal prosecutors obtained...
...similar fixation has led Reagan to embrace the Contras, a fledgling troup of former Somocista national guardsmen. Much as Wilson hung around with bad company because of his personal grudge with the Huertistas--at one point he even supported Pancho Villa--so Reagan's disgust with the Sandinistas has fogged his presumed better judgment and led to his cozy embrace of a contra-band of ex-Somoza thugs...
...next three innings, the score hung tenuously at 1-0, with the Engineers stranding runners in consecutive innings on first, second and third...
...There was a big bang and then the man beside me was blown out along with his seat," said Ibrahim al-Nami, 29, a Saudi Arabian passenger who was among the injured. "I felt myself being pulled out too and I hung on to my wife's seat beside...
Harvard Lampoon President Daniel J. Greaney'86-'87 refused to confirm suspicions about themagazine's role, saying that he knew nothing aboutthe posters. But then he yelled to his partners inpun, "Hey, does anyone else here want to commenton those posters we hung...