Word: jimming
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...believe that this was a mass murder. First of all, there were over 200 children who could not have formed the intent to commit suicide. Second, Jim Jones had isolated his people and conditioned them through suicide rehearsals and mock sieges to accept death. Third, he orchestrated the events on that final day so that the outcome was never in doubt. He had gunmen go shoot the Congressman. Then he turned around to his followers, once he got news the Congressman was dead, and announced it. He said, now some among us have done something that's going to cause...
...Jim Jones was found with a single bullet wound to the head, pretty much a contact wound. I believe that he either shot himself or was shot by a close aide as he had planned...
...gathering of powerful economic leaders this weekend, one individual with Harvard roots stood in the place of another. Former Institute of Politics Director and Republican congressman Jim Leach represented President-elect Barack Obama at the Group of 20, or G-20, meeting held at the White House this past weekend to discuss the current worldwide financial crisis. Obama was invited by the White House to attend the summit but declined the opportunity to meet with the world leaders who comprise the international body that focuses on economic issues, opting to send Leach and former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright...
...That idea, however, is not very popular with the Republicans' counterparts on Capitol Hill. "Both Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi and Reid have raised concerns about that," says Jim Manley, a senior adviser to Reid. "It robs the industry's future to pay for the present. We shouldn't have to choose." And unfortunately for Detroit, automakers would need congressional approval to access those funds on an emergency basis...
...injuries or property damage.The NRA has taken up arms (figuratively) over this clause in the questionnaire, condemning it as "biased" on the basis that applicants are not questioned on their use of motor vehicles, arguing that more deaths and injuries occur through auto accidents than firearms. South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint spoke out against the question, declaring his intent to "enact legislation to prohibit this type of discrimination...