Word: robbed
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...news media have the power to stop or at least curtail hijackings [PRESS, July 1]. By refusing to give the terrorists publicity, the press would rob them of the attention they seek and facilitate retaliation. An ancient Greek legend tells of an assassin who murdered a beloved citizen so that his name would be remembered. The Greeks punished the assassin by agreeing never to mention his name. Manfred S. Zitzman Reading...
...knows that if inspectors come around to check her identification she must hide from them. "When there is trouble in Soweto, I don't worry too much," she says. "Nobody bothers an old woman. But on the last Friday of the month, the tsotsis [thugs] are out to rob people who have been paid. They don't care if you are an old woman or a young man. If they think you have money, they will kill...
Like most of her classmates at Washington High School in Milwaukee, Wis., La Shanda Trimble, 18, is attentive to fashion trends; it's the particular trend she chooses that sets her apart. She's a Goth, wearing black lipstick and nail polish, listening to bands like Linkin Park and Rob Zombie rather than rapper Nelly or R&B star Ciara. She likes to wear her hair in pigtails instead of the more popularly accepted braids. The other kids don't approve. "They think I should act like them,'' says the 11th-grader. "They like me to listen...
Facing a 5-2 deficit in the bottom of the fifth, however, sophomore Rob Nelson pinch-hit with a runner on first and one out. Nelson smoked a line drive that was snagged by Tiger shortstop Lucian...
...just amazed,” says senior Rob Wheeler of Wilson’s performance. “We were facing some pretty decent pitching, and he went out there and just crushed the ball...