Word: jill
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...Abbas had masterminded their operation. He also reportedly said that Abul Abbas had promised to spring the four terrorists from prison, threatening to stage kidnaping and terror attacks in Italy if necessary. At week's end a warrant for Abbas was issued, but he was still at large . --By Jill Smolowe. Reported by Dean Fischer/Cairo and Judith Harris/Rome
...Murphy dodged it by fashioning another underfunding plan, winning the pension board's acceptance with a promise to hike pension payouts and give special benefits to the union presidents. Now the FBI, the U.S. Attorney and the SEC are investigating the deal. --By Terry McCarthy. With reporting by Jill Underwood/San Diego
Today's protesters take a stance on the Establishment that is not so much anti as accommodating. At the University of Colorado, students consulted with school officials and campus police before demonstrating against the CIA. Notes Jill Hanauer, Colorado's student body president: "Unlike in the '60s, students today are more concerned about their futures. There is more willingness to work within the system...
Given the long-standing American passion for chocolate and ice cream and the current rage for Tex-Mex fare, the invention of the Choco Taco was probably inevitable. Created by the Jack & Jill Ice Cream Co. in Philadelphia, this ethnic hybrid provides an intriguing combination of flavor texture contrasts. The basis is a crisp, taco-shaped sugar-cone wafer enfolding fudge-swirled vanilla ice cream. Over that goes chocolate-flavored coating encrusted chopped peanuts. The result is the kind of crunchy novelty snack that children and their dentists dream about. At a suggested 89¢ each, this Choco Taco just might...
...titled "The Townships at War." The cover illustration of rising flames included a quotation from a poem by W.B. Yeats: "Things fall apart; The centre cannot hold. Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world." South Africans could not help wondering if that was a comment or a prediction. --By Jill Smolowe. Reported by Bruce W. Nelan/Johannesburg