Word: ransoms
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...students then broke up into smaller groups to analyze the fingerprints, footprints, ransom note and other clues. ExperiMentors volunteers led chromotography demonstrations to pinpoint what type of ink was used to write the ransom note and looked at hair and cloth from the crime scene under microscopes...
...over the place. Working both sides of the border, gangs own perhaps half the nightclubs and bars in Shenzhen, often reportedly in partnership with officers of the People's Liberation Army and the Public Security Bureau. They are into everything that pays: car theft, gambling, prostitution, kidnap for ransom and even, astonishingly, petrol. The bulk of the bribes received by convicted customs chief Zhao came from smuggling gasoline. The racket worked like this: a tanker anchors in international waters and waits for motor launches to gather round. An auction follows, and the buyers smuggle the fuel to shore in barrels...
...whether to buy stock in Microsoft or Mister Softee. Like the Patriots in 1993, who confidently used their No.1 pick on Washington State QB Drew Bledsoe over Notre Dame counterpart Rick Mirer, the Colts got their franchise quarterback in Manning. The Chargers, meanwhile, paid the Cardinals a king's ransom to advance one spot, in order to select Leaf at No. 2. The move pretty much ruined general manager's Bobby Beathard's reputation as a personnel guru, and it's the main reason why the Bolts hold the No. 1 pick in the 2001 draft after...
...Golden Globe Awards in January. Rather, he was escorted by several men visibly straining the integrity of their tux fabric. The FBI confirmed last week that the men were federal agents, brought in as a last-minute precautionary measure after the bureau learned of a multimillion-dollar ransom plot against Crowe. The actor, who starred as a kidnap-and-rescue specialist in Proof of Life, was made aware of the threat but decided to attend the awards anyway. Crowe's publicist says her client has increased his personal security team but has not missed any scheduled public appearances. Crowe expects...
...McCain readily admits on his Sunday-show appearances these days, their concerns have some justification. The erosion of support among Democrats started in 1996, when Bill Clinton's money-drenched reelection campaign proved that Democrats could be fund-raise a king's ransom too. And what the McAuliffe crowd was particularly good at raising was soft money, which goes to the issue advertising and get-out-the-vote efforts that won Al Gore the popular vote - and got the Senate to 50-50 in the first place. Soft money the Democrats may not be able to do without...