Word: shotgunning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this, perhaps, he had no choice. The man either had a genetic screw loose or was irreparably damaged by the fact that his mother (or maybe her lover) killed his revered father with a shotgun when he was 17. In telling this story, Shelton (creator as well of quite a different baseball tale, Bull Durham) had no choice either. To cop some psychological plea for Cobb, to sentimentalize him would have been impossible. You have to allow him his monstrousness, and hope that honest people will find something of their worst selves in his manic cynicism and endless misanthropy...
...Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series debuts with Shakespearean actor Patrick Stewart on the bridge and an android riding shotgun...
...extraordinary display of last-minute dealmaking, even for an industry that has seen more than its share of shotgun weddings and broken marriages. For the past few weeks, the giants of the telecommunications industry have engaged in a high-stakes game of corporate musical beds that left some of the most eligible partners sleeping alone and created some awfully strange bedfellows...
...Pensacola jury took just 20 minutes today to convict Paul Hill of murder in theJuly shotgun killings of an abortion doctorand his bodyguard. Hill now faces either life in prison or death in the electric chair -- a fate determined when the jury returns Thursday. Hill, acting as his own lawyer, offered no defense during his three-day trial. Hill had ambushed Dr. John B. Britton, 69; his unarmed bodyguard, James H. Barrett, 74; and Barrett's wife, June, 68, as the three arrived at the Ladies Center clinic on July 29. He was barred from arguing that the slayings were...
...undergo a 24-hour psychiatric exam. But the U.S. magistrate handling the case didn't release a letter found in Duran's truck that prosecutors say raises questions about his sanity. (Unofficially, they've said, it's a will.) Also in the truck, parked near the White House: a shotgun, an arsenal of ammunition, a gun magazine, a machete, sleeping bags and a stuffed animal. The 26-year-old Colorado man, who'll face another hearing Wednesday to determine whether he's competent to stand trial, disappeared Sept. 30. Federal investigators say he telephoned his wife once, saying...