Word: piped
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...Such an attack almost happened in 1997 when a Palestinian immigrant named Ghazi Ibrahim Abu Maizar came within hours of detonating a pipe bomb, and himself, in a Brooklyn, N.Y., subway station used by many Orthodox Jews. His roommate, an Egyptian, discovered what he was up to and, aghast, tipped off local police, who foiled the plot with just hours to spare. Police found two fully rigged pipe bombs packed with nails and bullets in his apartment. Though the would-be suicide bomber wasn't working for any Palestinian group, his case suggests that Middle East violence could provoke independent...
...little to expand health coverage for Americans over the past 10 years. Even now, Congress and the President are still fighting over whether to allow people who already have health insurance to sue their carriers for denial of coverage. Prescription drug coverage for seniors on Medicare is still a pipe dream. Nothing is being done for the uninsured...
Instead, Birtwell has his sights set on the grandest stage of all. Major League Baseball is an exclusive fraternity with a long waiting list, but Birtwell says his time in the minors has shown him that while he has a lot to learn, the supposed pipe dream of playing major league baseball is actually a realistic possibility...
...remaining bands being considered as headliners are Semisonic, Nine Days, Vanessa Carlton, Ben Kweller and Verve Pipe...
...burning building, and as I handed it in to the professor, my paper caught fire. And the professor was like, ‘Well, I can’t read it now, can I?’ I think it had something to do with the professor smoking a pipe in real life, which I know because my papers came back smelling of smoke...