Word: lamping
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...fixing responsibility for the Waco tragedy has begun. In Texas, arson investigators discounted the idea that the FBI started the April 19 blaze, since it flared up in at least two places at once and too late to have been caused by a government tank toppling a kerosene lamp. Working the same grisly ground, other experts said 72 people died that day, 14 fewer than suggested by figures Koresh provided before the fire. Autopsies performed so far were reported to reveal that bullets to the head killed 12, indicating either suicide or murder...
...cranking out bogus stories about her face (lifted), her sex life (either nonexistent or all too active) and her marriage (a sham). Many of the stories are attributed to the Secret Service in an attempt to give the tales credibility. She denies the yarn about her throwing a lamp (or Bible or vase), then wonders about the sources. "Why are they telling lies about me? What is it about me? It's strange. Obviously something has to be going on. People are out there trying to promote this...
...after two and a half periods of scoreless (and fairly colorless) hockey, Villiotte finally let one slip by. Bryant's low backhand through a crowd from 10 feet snuck past Villiotte on the glove side to finally light the lamp 47:23 into the game...
...elaborate system of rewards for excellence in every category, amassing a treasure of parchment certificates and glittering trophies, medals and pins he hands out amid much fanfare. The outstanding student last year received a 4- ft.-tall trophy of walnut and brass replete with winged victories and a lamp of learning. "This is what the students need," says Pannell. "They need it tangible, and they need it immediate." Something appears to be working. Attendance rates, now running 93%, are finally expected to equal the district's system-wide average, and the number of school volunteers is steadily increasing...
...Michael Eisner, obsessed with money he cannot possibly need, is spinning quite a different tale. He believes that the lamp is broken, the genie is dead, that there is only one wish left and that wish belongs to him. He would wish for gratuitous personal gain over national economic confidence...