Word: paper
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Egyptian coming from Africa. How can you dare buy Harrods?'" Al Fayed got a measure of revenge against the Conservative Party, which he particularly blames for his rejection, when he helped bring down John Major's government by disclosing that Tory Members of Parliament took money from him in paper bags or accepted his hospitality at the Ritz Hotel in Paris in exchange for political influence. Al Fayed was happy to take some credit for the defeat of the Conservatives after 18 years in office. "I was proud," he told the Times, "because I showed the masses and I showed...
When the shooting began, staff members at the News and Sentinel were putting their latest issue to bed, and Harrigan was on his way back from Lancaster, where he had been filling in on that paper for a staff member whose mother had died. "I heard the whole thing unfolding on my police radio," recalls Harrigan. "At one point I was on the car phone to the office manager, and I said, 'I fear the worst.' And he said, 'It is the worst.'" When Harrigan arrived back at 1 Bridge Street, he tried to restore order to chaos...
...editorial Harrigan wrote that evening, he apologized to his readers: "We'll do a better job with the loss and what this has all meant in next week's paper. Right now it's just too much, and getting the paper out is all we can manage." They managed beautifully. Phillips, who leaves a wife and two young children, was remembered as "one of our all-time favorite troopers, cowlick and all." Lord, who leaves a wife and two boys, was "a great guy with a landmark laugh who was about the most likable guy around." Joos, a husband...
There is no way for Colebrook to replace quickly four such important people. But as the local paper showed by carrying on that night, there is a way to honor them...
...tradition in Russia to look for scapegoats. Listen to this!" Vasily picked up a copy of Pravda and started to read: "'Why fortune declared war on this crew is unclear, but something spooky is going on here.' What rubbish!" Vasily angrily wadded up the paper and tossed it out an open window, not noticing that one edge had caught fire from the hot plate. Determined now that he would indeed have tea, he filled the kettle and jammed it into the oven, extinguishing the pilot light with spillage from the spout...