Word: razors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...capital was the restraint exhibited by Aristide's supporters. In Cap Haitien, several attache thugs were escorted safely through an angry crowd by Aristide men, who warned that reprisals might be used as an excuse to block the return of their exiled President. The captives were passed over the razor-wire barricades and safely delivered into the hands of American sentries...
Once lodged, he could be difficult to remove. Joe DiMaggio offered a night's stay at his Manhattan hotel suite, and Berg remained for six weeks. He traveled light: a toothbrush, a razor and a book, sometimes in Sanskrit. His road uniform was a dark wash-and-wear suit and a white nylon shirt that he would rinse out and hang up to dry before bedtime. In the morning, one host recalled, Moe would show up for breakfast fully dressed though a bit damp...
...would have difficulty voting for any bill that doesn't include abortion as a benefit. Thirty-five others responded by making public a threat to oppose any bill that does. An awful possibility hovered before the Democratic congressional leadership: however they chose, the abortion issue might cost them the razor-thin margin by which any health plan would be expected to pass Congress. Politically at least, they would be damned if they did and damned if they didn...
There is probably not enough terror in Wolf to satisfy today's hard-core horror fan -- no chain saws or razor-sharp fingernails -- but there is a well- measured sense of pity for Will. You could, if you wish, find in him a symbol for all kinds of human bedevilment. Mix that with humor, intelligence and high-style filmmaking and you have a true summer rarity -- a genre movie for grownups...
...electronic tote boards displayed at either end of the chamber. They read 213 for the ban, 214 against. At that moment, Jacobs recalled, he realized he had "an opportunity to cast a decisive vote for public safety." So while opponents of the ban chortled in anticipation of a razor-close victory, Jacobs padded down the aisle and told the House clerk to change his ballot -- something that rarely happens on major issues...