Word: slaughtered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...running events, Northeastern applied the squeeze. Senior Frank Mortimer began the slaughter by winning the 440 with a time of 49.8. Then All-American runner Mark Lech turned on his jets to outdistance Crimson runners Brian McAndrews and Dave Frim, setting an institutional record and posting a record New England best-performance mark with a 1:10.16 finish...
...tendency to blame problems on newcomers. Many Bradfordians complain that destitute immigrants are given cash payments by the government when they disembark at Heathrow Airport, while white pensioners must scrimp along on inadequate retirement pay. Describing herself as opposing immigration, Shopkeeper Patricia Barrow is convinced that the Pakistanis inhumanely slaughter sheep and chickens according to Islamic ritual; she also fears that "colored boys will be hanging around white girls...
...Commando Siegfried Hausner of the Red Army Faction?the group taking credit for the abduction. "After 43 days," he said, "we have put an end to the miserable and corrupt existence of Hanns-Martin Schleyer. His death does not measure up to our grief and anger after the slaughter at Mogadishu and Stammheim." The caller then said Schmidt could "take delivery [of Schleyer] in Charles Péguy Street in Mulhouse." which is about ten miles from the German border. There, in the trunk of a green Audi sedan, police found Schleyer's corpse. Medical examination later disclosed that...
...slide began early in the week, when both Exxon and U.S. Steel announced lower second-quarter earnings. Then on Wednesday came a shocker from Bethlehem Steel, which reported an operating loss of $75.4 million for the first half and cut its dividend. With that, the slide turned to slaughter: in frantic trading, the Dow plunged almost 20 points. For the week, it closed down 33 points, at 890.07, almost 10% below its January level...
Even discounting the anti-Amin bias of the Kenyan press, Western diplomats in Africa were inclined to believe that there had been an attempt on his life. They also thought it probable that some form of vengeful slaughter was going on inside the country. Under Amin, after all, random killing has become a ghoulish national pastime...