Word: plunger
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...share of the profits from Tae-Bo. Monea's lawyer declines to comment on the allegations. But his client's track record isn't reassuring. In 1997 an Ohio court ruled that Monea's company could not sell "the stimulator," an electric-grill lighter outfitted with a thumb plunger that, when pressed, was supposed to relieve pain...
...excuse indeed. And this case is not an isolated incident. New York residents still remember the heinous torture of Abner Lounima, who, while handcuffed, was sodomized with a plunger by NYPD officers only a year...
Dorm crew no more, I recently had to learn how to use a plunger for the first time. I figured it out, because I'm smart (and called my father for advice). The best resource Harvard offers is ourselves. Sure, taking responsibility for yourself can be burdensome, but the rewards are outstanding. At least, that's what people tell me. I'm still working on it. And so is Meghan...
...perfectly appropriate twist last week, defense attorneys for the Kimeses introduced Les Levine, a private investigator who has worked for both infamous sportscaster Marv Albert and one of the New York City cops accused in the toilet-plunger sodomy scandal. Levine said his mission is to find out what really happened to Irene Silverman, 82, the missing ex-dancer. "Oftentimes," he said of police, "they get so blinded by what they think are the facts that the true perpetrator happens to get away...
...status as a testing ground for a developing liberal response to Republican governance. It all began in late summer, when a Haitian immigrant named Abner Louima was brutalized by New York City police officers. The officers attacked him savagely, first beating him and then sodomizing him with a toilet plunger. During the incident, one of the officers allegedly remarked, "It's Giuliani time,"suggesting that the Mayor had embraced a laissez faire attitude toward police brutality. Finally, the embattled New York liberals had their issue...