Word: northerners
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sickness of the abusers and the beauty of the abused. But when the film plays next Sunday and Monday on cable's A&E network, that extraordinary scene between Lavin and Kevin will have been trimmed, as will a few others. Apparently, U.S. viewers lack the sophistication of their northern neighbors. The cutting of these scenes is nearly the artistic equivalent of Lavin's crimes. It is abuse under the pretext of protecting sensitive souls...
...Well, listen, Mr. Secretary, we're not talking about some garden-variety dysfunctional family here. These are selfish, spoiled sorts--billionaire owners who treat their teams as toys and millionaire players who charge kids for autographs. To comprehend the distrust between the two sides in this dispute, look to Northern Ireland for guidance...
Dressed in a presidential blue suit and with his black Labrador, Breezy, at his side, Dan Quayle looked and sounded every bit the candidate last Tuesday, as he chatted with a Time correspondent in the living room of his two-story white-brick home in an affluent northern suburb of Indianapolis. He eagerly outlined the themes of his campaign. Insisting that he felt vigorous despite treatment for blood clots last December and the removal of his appendix because of a benign tumor a month later, Quayle delighted in the belief that his message of family values was gaining currency. ``There...
...through phony front companies, will place advertisements in major newspapers asking for young business- school graduates who want to live overseas. Or the front company will hire corporate headhunting firms that remain unaware that they're finding candidates for the CIA. Applicants are told to show up at a northern Virginia business, where the vetting begins. Eventually, the recruit is told about the real job he's being asked to do. If he agrees, training begins at a secret location away from the ``farm'' at Camp Peary, Virginia, where other CIA officers are trained. The NOC classes are small...
DUBLIN: Robbery Ruckus Fallout from Ireland's largest cash heist ever has officials and security personnel fending off allegations of bumbling. On Jan. 24, two jeeps burst through the fence of the Brink's-Allied depot in northern Dublin. The five masked occupants, encountering no resistance, bagged $4.2 million and sped away. Following Justice Ministry assurances that all precautions had been taken to prevent such a raid, embarrassing revelations emerged. Not only did police fail to beef up surveillance after a warning that a security-company robbery was being planned, but when the theft took place, most of the Brink...