Word: safe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shut up and get inside" the house. When the police interviewed him that night, Lowe never volunteered that he saw the murderer. But Lowe kept worrying about what he knew and felt that he had a responsibility to speak up. "I didn't feel it was safe for my kids on the street. Did you ever watch a horror movie? You'd be sleeping, and then parts of that movie would come back and scare you? Well, this was the same way. I'd be trying to sleep, and I would see that face. I was always...
...Safe Houses.' After hearing about Almeida's statement, Assistant State's Attorney Nicholas lavarone sought out Bobby Lowe and got him to cooperate on the case. But when Lowe learned the reputation of the accused man, he started to back out. His parents and his wife urged him not to testify. Then his brother, who had been shot in a gas station holdup and later was helped by a witness who agreed to testify for him, told Lowe to "think for yourself, be your own man." Lowe finally agreed to be a prosecution witness...
Illinois bureau of investigation agents placed Lowe and his family in protective custody. Despite his stringent objections, Lowe had to leave his apartment and quit his job as a $300-a-week gas station manager. The Lowes were put under 24-hour guard at several "safe houses" in nearby states. During the four months before the trial, he and his family lived on an allowance of $250 a month. The strain began to tell on Lowe. He had trouble eating and sleeping, he fought with his wife. For his safety, the state financed a $1,600, three-week trip through...
...noisy, pell-mell piece of work. Deneuve has so little flair for physical comedy that the frequent closeups of her stunning face are more enlivening than her knockabout scenes. Montand is a cannier performer; his offhand Gallic charm offers a study in how an actor can operate at a safe distance from his material. Even his smile is pained, as well...
...half-time lead is completely safe, considering the kind of explosive lacrosse that has been played in recent years. For example, Cornell trailed Hopkins, 7-1, in that regular season game they eventually won, and trailed Maryland at the half in last year's final, 7-2, before rallying for a 12-10 lead and, eventually, a 16-13 triumph in overtime...