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Word: sackful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...faces and guns in their hands. I watch in horror as my colleague is pulled from the seat next to me. I feel hands forcing me out of the car, shoving me onto the ground. The barrel of a pistol digs into the back of my neck. A burlap sack is pulled over my head and tightened by a cord. The world has gone dark, and I hear nothing but footsteps on snapping twigs and my own rapid breathing under the heavy cloth. I am terrified - and this isn?t even for real...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lessons in Terror | 10/22/2001 | See Source »

...When the sack is finally pulled off my head, 20 minutes after the attack began, I am a different person. I know what it feels like to have my wedding ring yanked from my finger, to anticipate the feel of bullets piercing my skin as my captor forced me to a kneeling position and then put a second, even darker, sack over the first. When it is finally over, I look at my fellow course members from Amnesty International with heightened concern. They will be leaving in a few days for Pakistan and may even go to Afghanistan. When...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lessons in Terror | 10/22/2001 | See Source »

...native of New Bedford, Mass. led the team with 10 tackles and assisted on a sack. Afterwards, Balestracci gave credit to preparation for the defense’s success...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Turnovers Lead Crimson Effort Over Cornell | 10/15/2001 | See Source »

Cornell went three-and-out on the opening drive of the second half, as a third-down sack by Harvard senior defensive end Phil Scherrer—who was also playing in his first game back since injuring his ankle against Brown—forced Cornell to punt...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Undefeated Football Cruises to 26-6 Win | 10/15/2001 | See Source »

Cornell went three-and-out on the opening drive of the second half, as a third-down sack by Harvard senior defensive end Phil Scherrer—who was also playing in his first game back since injuring his ankle against Brown—forced Cornell to punt...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Football Crushes Big Red, 26-6 | 10/14/2001 | See Source »

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