Word: lethality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Residents of southern Florida were evacuated from coastal areas today as Gov. Lawton Chiles declared astate of emergency, closed state offices, activated the National Guard, and suspended toll-collecting on evacuation routes in preparation for the arrival Tuesday of Hurricane Erin. While not projected to be as lethal as Andrew was, Erin is expected to pound the southern part of the state with 90 mph winds, dumping up to 10 inches of rain and causing widespread flooding...
...Firearms, the editors knew immediately where to turn. Senior writer Erik Larson, who joined the staff in February, is a recognized authority on America's gun culture, having published a series of groundbreaking front-page stories on the subject for the Wall Street Journal and a critically acclaimed book, Lethal Passage: The Journey of a Gun (Crown...
...answer in the chilling case of a troubled Virginia teenager, who on a cold December day in 1988 walked into his high school with a semiautomatic handgun and began shooting, killing one teacher and wounding another. That incident was the starting point for the two-year investigation that produced Lethal Passage...
Many of the centrist Democrats who backed Clinton in 1992, and whose ideas and policies let him escape the lethal tag of "liberal" in that campaign, are disappointed with Clinton's failure to lead in that direction. The President, however, is not likely to be challenged from within his own party, leaving some centrists hoping for another candidate...
...Post, and Penthouse as well, face something of an ethical dilemma. If they publish, they will be acceding to the demands of a mass murderer who may well raise the ante by demanding more space for more manifestos. And they may also be inviting copycat behavior by other lethal social critics. If the publications say no, they could be seen by the public as accomplices to murder if Unabomber carries out his threat. "Why should a trusting relationship be established with an individual who has shown total contempt for human life?" asks Everette Dennis of Columbia University's Freedom Forum...