Word: raying
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...search for Tison continued, more than 300 police officers and hundreds of civilian volunteers probed the desert, in heat up to 120° F., near the small town of Chuichu, Ariz. They found nothing. But last week Ray Thomas, 27, a chemical company worker, smelled a foul odor when he went out to dispose of some trash about 1½ miles from the point where the fugitives' van had been ambushed. Searching around, he soon found the decomposed and bloated body of Gary Tison lying face up under a mesquite tree. Unwounded, he had apparently died of exposure to the heat...
...ethereal as a ray of starlight?would curve toward the object in the center...
...committee intends to recall Ray in November for further questioning. But so far the hearings showed that despite the years of controversy and investigation -this one cost roughly $4 million-there is no evidence linking Ray to a broader conspiracy to assassinate King...
...most sensational disclosure by the committee, if true, was highly damaging to Ray. The committee read a staff interview with former Chief Inspector Alexander Eist of Scotland Yard, who had guarded Ray after his arrest in England. Eist said that in informal chats Ray had admitted killing King. He quoted Ray as saying, "I panicked [when he saw a police car near the Memphis rooming house] and I threw the gun away. It was the only mistake I made." Eist said Ray bragged of being able to make as much as "a half-million dollars" through television appearances and writing...
...increased tendency of injured parties to sue somebody-anybody-has several roots. One is a heightened public awareness that government agencies, private companies and individuals are vulnerable to lawsuits, and that juries too often are overly generous. The publicity given to big awards awakens greed. Says Colorado State Senator Ray Kogovsek: "People read about these enormous settlements and they think, 'If this person got so much, maybe I have a right to that much too.' " Years of activist consumerism have also made people more alert to possible claims against institutional America. The act of suing, in short...