Word: onslaughts
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...should have been over by now. this time last year, Russian generals talked confidently of the final stage of their operations in Chechnya-mopping up the scattered bands of guerrillas who had fled to the hills to escape the Russian military onslaught. Vladimir Putin, in his most famous sound bite ever, promised in gangster language to "rub out" the separatist commanders, even if they were on "the john." But something has gone badly wrong. The guerrillas are back in the cities and towns. The Kremlin has turned against the civilian it put in charge of Chechnya, Akhmad Kadyrov, and replaced...
...Robert Nigh expressed "extreme disappointment - and the Appeals Court's decision was met with more of the same. In Terre Haute, Indiana, where McVeigh is scheduled to die Monday, the rush of rulings prompted a rush of preparations, as restaurateurs and motel owners scrambled to get ready for the onslaught of media and curiosity seekers expected to descend upon the city over the next few days...
...Justice Department would try to take the case to the Supreme Court or simply let it drop. Also at issue is whether Ashcroft's letter, which was read aloud by an NRA official at the group's convention in Kansas City, will prompt gun-rights groups to begin an onslaught of lawsuits challenging restrictions on firearms ownership...
Maybe it was the warm weather. Maybe it was that the expected onslaught of anti-globalism protests never materialized. And maybe it was the U.S.'s first-quarter GDP numbers. But considering the currently tenuous state of the global economy - slowdown in the U.S., slowdown in Europe, recession in Japan, not to mention the ongoing meltdowns in Turkey and Argentina - this weekend's meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the G7 industrialized nations was a surprisingly cheery affair...
...attacking side, Harvard co-captain Alli Harper continued her personal offensive onslaught with two more goals. Harper's 26 tallies on the year lead the Ivy League...