Word: rashly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...apprehension over travel to Europe and the Mediterranean is a direct result of the recent rash of bloody attacks directed against U.S. citizens in Italy and West Germany, of rioting in Egypt and of random bombings in France. Last week travelers had further cause to be spooked by the harsh words and bellicose gestures flying between the U.S. and Libya. Reasons other than the terrorism scare, such as a sharp decline in the value of the U.S. dollar abroad and an abundance of cheap gasoline at home, are also involved in the shuffle of itineraries. Even so, says Sam Massell...
Some Div School students are taking action in response to the rash of offenses. A group of about 12 students have put up warning posters and distributed additional leaflets about the incidents, said Baker "Awareness makes this place safer," she said...
Harvard Police Deputy Chief Jack W. Morse said the rash of robberies in the usually safe area "hit us hard," prompting "intensive police work" to find the assailants. Harvard police dispatched plain-clothed officers and circulated a copies of a sketch of the suspects among police...
...room for a bit of the fanciful. One very satisfying moment occurs when Nasser's wife, sick of his philandering, takes action and cooks up a strange potion against his mistress, charmingly played by Shirley Anne Field. This dreadful concoction makes the mistress' furniture move around and causes a rash to break out on her stomach...
...shopping arcade on the Champs Elysees in the center of Paris, apparently the work of Arab terrorists. Two people were killed and 28 others were wounded in the blast, which virtually guaranteed that the first task facing Chirac will be the fight against terrorism. At week's end a rash of bomb hoaxes swept Paris, causing thousands of people to be evacuated from buildings and a train while police searched for explosives...