Word: marshalls
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White separatist Randy Weaver and Kevin Harris, a family friend, were acquitted in the 1992 slaying of a U.S. marshal. The marshal was killed in a gunfight after federal agents converged on Weaver's remote cabin to arrest him for failing to appear in court on a weapons charge. Weaver's 14-year-old-son also died in the shoot-out. The shoot-out was followed by an 11-day siege in which Weaver's wife was killed by a federal sniper...
...miscarriages of justice, teary tales of people victimized by bad doctors or trampled on by insensitive government agencies. Like the one-hour dramas they have replaced on the prime-time schedule, the magazines serve up morality tales of black hats vs. white hats, with the reporter as avenging U.S. marshal. Instead of a six-gun, his or her weapons are a hidden camera (for the inevitable undercover expose) and a hand-held mike, thrust at reluctant witnesses before they slam the car door. It's "Gotcha!" journalism...
When she was awarded the honorary degree at the Tercentenary Theatre, the 28,000 members of the audience saluted her with a standing ovation, says University Marshal Richard M. Hunt, who introduced Edelman that year...
...Class Marshal Mukesh Prasad '93 says Edelman was chosen based on her ability to "balance a strong family with strong conviction...
Perot will marshal the responses to demonstrate that Americans want reforms more drastic than either the White House or Congress is considering. If Clinton has often cribbed from Perot's text about the deficit and other issues, Perot keeps raising the standard to demonstrate that Clinton is only a reformer manque...