Word: nails
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...made and, with the added distinctive details provided by the individual way a tire tread wears down, McDonald has helped solve six murders. In one case, McDonald was first able to show that the car of a suspect in custody did not have the right tires; he then helped nail the actual killers...
...NAIL that sticks up," a Japanese saying warns, "will be hammered down." Robert E. White, former United States Ambassador to EI Salvador, learned that lesson well last January. White told reporters that the Salvadoran government, contrary to its official declarations, had failed to conduct a "serious investigation" into the horrifying murders of four American missionaries. After publicly speaking out against additional U.S. military aid to EI Salvador, White was immediately relieved of his post by the Reagan Administration. To add insult to injury, after testifying candidly before a House subcommittee. White was "retired" from the Foreign Service at the request...
Harvard's depth proved the deciding factor, however. Relying on the experience of their veterans, the racquet women swept the remaining matches without surrendering a game to nail down...
...Georgia farmers stand to suffer more than city folk. According to Thomas Irvin, the state's commissioner of agriculture, cash-crop and grazing acreage both incurred "sizable damage." Said Irvin: "A third of our farmers are already on the borderline of bankruptcy. The storms just put another nail in the coffin...
...even Floyd's spectacular effort wasn't enough to overtake the powerful Bruins, who proceeded to sweep the 50 butterfly and nail down the win with only two events remaining...