Word: midnighters
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...where they are stabilized before heading to the U.S. The most seriously injured are flown to Andrews Air Force Base, outside Washington, usually on nighttime flights, and then transported to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington or Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland. "The wounded are brought back after midnight, making sure the press does not see the planes coming in with the wounded," said Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont on Oct. 16 on the Senate floor...
...radical opposition. International observers claimed the election was marred by serious irregularities. A Credible Threat SAUDI ARABIA Just a day after the U.S. closed its diplomatic missions citing credible evidence of an imminent terror attack, at least one powerful explosion wracked a residential compound in west Riyadh at midnight on Saturday. There were conflicting reports of casualties; many children were among the victims. Government officials blamed al-Qaeda and said the attackers exchanged fire with security guards at the compound, which housed Saudi workers and foreigners, but few Westerners. The attack came nearly six months after a suicide bombing...
Morrison, who had known Pierce for 20 years, said she believed Pierce cheerily worked the midnight to 8 a.m. shift throughout his 33-year HUPD career...
...relief at midnight,” Morrison said. “He was always early...he was always pleasant, always had a smile on his face...
Take last month’s council elections. I was unwinding from a stressful Thursday with some friends at half past midnight, when I heard two knocks. After reluctantly opening the door, I was shocked to witness a complete stranger force her way into my room, hand out fliers, and ramble on about her platform. I went to bed thoroughly annoyed with the candidate and resolved that she had just lost my vote. But if she had given me a tub of ice cream I might have been a little more understanding...