Word: roundups
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...plot, was planned in the area. But the gathering was called off when members learned that the police were on to them. A local Afrikaans physician, Lets Pretorius, was arrested - the truck was registered in his name - for alleged contravention of the Internal Security Act. Police began their roundup of right-wingers earlier this year. Months of undercover investigation led to the discovery of the Farmers' Force's written plans for an armed coup. The plans - entitled Document 12 - involved a military take-over of army and air force bases, radio stations and parliamentary institutions. It is unlikely that...
...Despite hashing's international veneer, a finely wrought British toilet humor still predominates in hash circles?the post-run roundup of jokes, insults and infractions. The naming of newcomers, a long-standing hash tradition usually accompanied by a liberal anointment of beer and flour, can border on the obscene. "You aren't supposed to like your hash name," says Martin ("Camel") Luzon, so dubbed for his long legs and loping gait. "Usually it's some sort of caricature, or comes from something that happened on a run." He cites the example of "Skidmark," an unfortunate hasher caught with his pants...
...always ready to share a smile. The attendants even remember passengers' names. "This is what flying should be like," says American tourist Karen Richards, between sips of Sukhothai Airport's signature welcome drink of iced lemongrass tea. "It's nice to feel human again, not part of a cattle roundup...
...fails to create an effective deterrent to terror attacks, Arafat will be left alone to face the wrath of Ariel Sharon. But the Palestinian leader insists that this will be possible only when the Israelis withdraw from PA territory. The PA roundly condmened the Megiddo attack, and ordered a roundup of Islamic Jihad militants. The Bush administration condemned the attack and said it underscored the urgency of reforming the PA security forces. But neither the roundup announced by the PA nor the Bush administration's emphasis on rebuilding PA security structures are likely to impress the Israeli leadership...
...along with his wife and three bodyguards) and Borsellino (killed in a similar attack two months later), organized crime experts say the Mob is quietly developing a very different look from the one on stage at Palermo's rowdy trials. If a similar mass roundup were mounted today - unlikely since evidence and turncoat witnesses have dried up - the usual ensemble of toughs with colorful nicknames and brass knuckles would certainly be on hand. But the modern Mob is transforming itself, and two new character types are emerging: the college graduate in a tailored suit who wields nothing sharper than...