Word: knifings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...conducts his business like a Ninja warrior. "In every private conversation I've had with Larry over the past 15 or 20 years," says an industry figure, "the metaphors when he's speaking of competitors are always violent. He'll say, 'This is the quarter we put a knife in their chest,' or, 'The life will be choked out of them.' The metaphors don't come from chess, and they don't come from the Bible. He sees this as personal combat...
...said the clerk did not seem agitated. "He was definitely not brandishing [the knife] by his head or anything," the student said. "He was standing in the entrance of the store, almost as if he were guarding...
...heard some people around the guy kind of pleading with him to put the knife down. It seemed like they knew him," he said...
According to the student, the man with the knife was then approached by a police officer. "They had some words; there was a moment of hesitation, maybe three or four seconds...and then I saw him turn around and be handcuffed...
...months ago, she walked for two days across the mountains to join her brother in the Iraqi desert. Her sole aim: "I want to overthrow the regime." Her passion, and that of her companions in arms, is not enough. But clearly the National Liberation Army will remain a knife in the side of the Tehran government for years to come...