Word: necks
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P.F.L.P. gunmen stalked a corridor of the Jerusalem Hyatt hotel early last Wednesday morning. There they killed Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze'evi with two bullets--one through the eye, the other in the neck. It was the first time in the country's history that Palestinians had assassinated an Israeli Cabinet minister. Ze'evi's enraged Cabinet colleagues accused Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat of encouraging attacks on Israelis and sent Israeli troops deep into Palestinian towns, bombarding the neighborhoods gunmen use as cover and killing six Palestinians, including an 11-year-old girl...
Surrounded by officials who have spent the last six weeks neck-deep in the war on terrorism, President Bush signed an extensive anti-terrorism bill into law Friday morning. The law, which provides police and law enforcement agencies with broad new powers of tracking and observation, was approved 99-1 in the Senate, and passed handily in the House...
...pulled over their faces and guns in their hands. I watch in horror as my colleague is pulled from the seat next to me. I feel hands forcing me out of the car, shoving me onto the ground. The barrel of a pistol digs into the back of my neck. A burlap sack is pulled over my head and tightened by a cord. The world has gone dark, and I hear nothing but footsteps on snapping twigs and my own rapid breathing under the heavy cloth. I am terrified - and this isn?t even for real...
...will be tough for the Tigers to generate much offense in the air. Splithoff’s passing ability has been suspect at times, though his favorite target, junior wideout Chisom Opara, will return Saturday from a neck injury...
...story is one of a young, brazen and destitute Eric Brockovich (Julia Roberts) who takes the American legal system by the scruff of its neck, moralizes it, defeats a corrupt and malicious business conglomerate and makes no small fortune for herself and others. At the film’s start, Brockovich is combing the classifieds to no particular avail—an image that becomes an important visual trope. Then, after incurring debilitating injuries from a car accident, Brockovich seeks the legal expertise of small claims attorney Ed Masry (Albert Finny), who fails her outright. Holding Masry personally responsible...