Word: slights
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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MIAMI SPRINGS, Fla.: The FBI is investigating whether suspected serial killer Andrew Cunanan is responsible for the murder of a homosexual physician 15 miles from the mansion where Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace was shot Tuesday. Dade County police cautioned, however, that the FBI has so far found only slight similarities between a man seen running from the murder scene (and captured on an indistinct video) and Cunanan. A witness described the fleeing man as white, in his late 20s, dark-haired and approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall. Meanwhile, police have issued an all-points bulletin for a stolen...
...carat diamond has been nestled in the Bananas Foster by a handsome swain under the influence of one too many romantic comedies. As his lovely maiden scoops up the ring, he asks, "Will you marry me?" Her face lights up with joy. But a moment later a slight frown crosses her pretty brow. Looking deep into his eyes, she inquires, "Do you mean really, really marry...
Five Americans, dressed in the flowing cotton shirts and pants of the region, burst through the door: Jimmie Carter, second-in-command at the FBI's Washington metropolitan field office, agent Brad Garrett, and three members of the bureau's hostage rescue team. They shoved the slight, bearded, Pakistani-born Kansi, 33, to the floor, cuffed his hands behind his back and identified themselves as FBI agents. "Who are you?" one of them demanded. "F___ you," Kansi snapped in his lightly accented English, and began screaming for help in his native Pashto language. Garrett knelt beside Kansi and took...
...were willing to slight Birmingham's record...
...higher borrowing costs for millions of credit card-wielding Americans, but would also have slowed the economy and dampened inflation. Characteristically refusing to comment on the decision, Fed chairman Alan Greenspan and his colleagues left Wall Street economists to speculate over their reasoning. Analysts had expected at least a slight increase because the economy expanded at a rapid 5.6 percent annual rate in the first quarter, the best in 10 years. But several other reports released in recent weeks indicated that inflation is under control, eliminating the need for a rate hike to maintain a steady economy. Retail sales...