Word: pintos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...arrest was made after police spent six months trying to find a suspect matching the description provided by a lone witness, who said that Kirsten had been attacked by a blond teen-age girl driving a gold Pinto. The owners of nearly 750 Pintos had been checked to see who might have had access to the autos. Quizzed earlier, Bernadette had calmly denied any involvement. She was arrested only after a psychological profile provided by the FBI suggested that the murderer would be convinced the slaying was justified and would show little reaction under questioning. The FBI also projected...
Instead of using his influence to rescind the orders, President Bignone allowed the legalisms to follow their course. He may have had little choice. Pinto Kramer, according to officials close to the leadership, was abetting top air force generals. Their apparent motive: to cause a financial panic that would force postponement or cancellation of the elections...
...political pique, defeated Prime Minister Francisco Pinto Balsemào threatened to resign his caretaker post if Scares has not formed a government in 30 days. Moreover, even if a new coalition is patched together, no one would place bets on its longevity. Yet the stakes this time are high. As Scares put it last week, "The Socialist Party cannot fail in its mandate. That would endanger the very regime." Translation: if the Socialists and Social Democrats do not come to terms, there is nothing left...
Meanwhile, back across the river in Lauderdale, the Church of Christ preacher who led the opposition to alcohol in Colbert, Lamar Plunket, said the county was in sorry shape. "Alcoholism has increased," he said over a plate of barbecue, turnip greens, pinto beans and sweet potatoes. "Our churches are getting more calls for clothing, for food, because people, once they get on this thing, they're going to have it even if the family goes hungry. And I can't verify this personally, but I've had reports of nude-type dancing in some of the bars...
...whose closing arguments clinched convictions of Mitchell, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mardian. With sarcasm, he accused defendants of switching their view of "good John Dean" to "mean John Dean" after Nixon's counsel told the truth. Now practicing law in Nashville. Successfully defended Ford Motor Co. against criminal charges in Pinto gas tank fires and Elvis Presley's doctor against accusation of overprescribing drugs...