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Word: ran (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first violence occurred as Ryan conferred with Jones about taking those who wished to leave with him. Lane and Jones' longtime attorney, Charles Garry, sat in on the negotiations in a room inside the pavilion. Suddenly a cultist later identified as Don Sly ran up to Ryan from behind, grabbed him around his throat with one arm and brandished a knife with the other. "I'm going to kill you!" Sly shouted. Lane and Garry wrestled the knife away from Sly, accidentally cutting the assailant. The blood spattered Ryan's clothes. Jones watched impassively. He made no move to interfere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightmare in Jonestown | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

...down. And I saw one of the attackers stick a shotgun right into his face?inches away, if that. Bob's brain was blown out of his head. It splattered on the NBC minicam. I'll never forget that sight as long as I live. I ran, and then I dived head first into the bush and scrambled as far into the swamp as I could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightmare in Jonestown | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

Inside the Cessna, the young man, later identified as Larry Layton, 32, proved that he should have been watched. He opened fire with a pistol, wounding a woman, Vernie Gosney, who was seated beside the pilot. Layton ran from the plane. After the assailants withdrew, the Otter was found to be too damaged to fly. Its crew rushed over to the Cessna and managed to take off for Georgetown with five survivors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightmare in Jonestown | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

...carry with them) when they went out on the town. With North Carolina's shift to local option, there are now only two states where sales of drinks at public places are banned outright. One is Oklahoma, where the temperance law is widely ignored. The other is Kansas, which ran into legal difficulties with its attempt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Crazy Quilt of Liquor Laws | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

Although there are no seniors on women's squash this year, Moses feels the team will perform well under pressure. "The emphasis is on mental toughness," he said while sending another racquet-woman to do windsprints. The racquet-wielder groaned, but ran...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Racquetwomen Mean Busines; Face Tufts in Today's Opener | 12/1/1978 | See Source »

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