Word: looted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that the only loot brought back from the quick war: most of the rebels had transistor radios slung across their backs, and music blared. Others carried small tape recorders. A few had weapons - Belgian or Portuguese automatic rifles...
...retreat was well organized. According to villagers in the area, at least one refueling vehicle came from Angola packed with jerricans of gasoline. From time to time, cars would stop, allowing passengers to trade loot for food with cheering Zambian villagers; many of the local residents, like the rebels, are members of the Lunda tribe. Impromptu food stands, selling fresh pineapples, corn meal and other staples, sprang up along the line of retreat. Some of the food was given away, but quite a few villagers were seen sporting new T shirts or shoes. There was a holiday air about...
...discuss the project with all concerned." Out of the meeting, attended by seven of the original 15 bandits, came a startling claim: the so-called crime of the century had been financed by ODESSA, the secret international organization of ex-Nazis who were eager to channel their war loot into venture capital. The reputed leader of ODESSA was Otto Skorzeny, famous as the Waffen SS officer in charge of the 1943 raid on an Apennine ski resort that freed the deposed Mussolini from his captors. Skorzeny died of cancer...
...knew about them. She and the teaching nun shared an expensively decorated apartment near the hospital. They frequently dined out together in the best restaurants; at other times, merchants recalled, they had expensive cuts of meat, fresh seafood and vintage wines delivered to their apartment. Sister Godfrida had to loot her patients' funds, police surmised, as much to finance her epicurean tastes as to pay for her drug habit...
...concept. It thinks ads will turn the public off movies in general and crowd out their own trailers for upcoming films. But theater owners, who have been hurt by rising costs, say the ads will hold down ticket prices. They stand to get up to three-quarters of the loot, and they say they will happily accept commercials-if the public does not protest. "No audience reaction would be favorable audience reaction," says Larry Gleason, executive vice president of the Mann chain, which has 300 houses in 26 states. It sounds like an invitation, doesn...