Word: rig
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...lavish praise of Osama bin Laden, detail the practices of terror and urban-guerrilla warfare. There is even a CD-ROM version. The tome includes instruction in using various arms as well as Semtex--one of the most popular explosives among terrorists--and TNT. Graphics help explain how to rig an envelope with C4 explosive and how to turn an apartment-building door, a radio, a cigarette pack, a television set or a couch into a deadly, booby-trapped device. One of the most secret volumes of the collection, published in extremely small numbers, deals with biological and chemical terrorism...
...Orleans, LA: Ballers and hoes alike turned out for the third annual Cash Money Regatta. The early lead belonged to Juvenile, who was rowing on dubs. However, as the competitors rounded the final turn, the Big Tymers’ pulled ahead thanks to their newly designed rig, which was both kitted and iced...
...Junger sees it, there is much more dangerous work—like working an oil rig or fire-fighting—that is necessary and therefore heroic. A month ago, that was a lesson worth teaching, but as New York continues to bury its fire-fighters and police officers at a rate of 20 to 25 a day, the country hardly needs reminding now. Nonetheless, Junger’s point is one that always bears repeating. His writing may not fully elucidate the issues of Islam fanactism, the Cold War and other global issues, but it is also important...
...programs. But House Speaker Dennis Hastert had managed to drain support for the Shays-Meehan bill with a substitute drafted by GOP Rep. Robert Ney which capped soft-money donations to national parties at $75,000. With the outcome too close to call, Hastert ordered the Rules Committee to rig the floor procedure for considering the measure so that Shays and Meehan faced 22 potentially hostile amendments (including the Ney bill as a substitute) before they could have a final vote on their bill...
That tension lies behind his most consistent mistake in office: an impulse to be a "control freak"--as when he devolved power to the Welsh assembly and the London mayor but then tried to rig things so his cronies would be in charge. In both cases the locals rebelled, and Blair looked both sinister and silly. His ambitions to remake the country are so big that it may be hard for the control freak to resist grabbing even more levers of power...