Word: spate
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...following a policy of electoral noninterference, but for different reasons. In 1982 they suffered a major propaganda defeat when Salvadorans braved the guerrillas' campaign of intimidation and turned out to vote; guerrilla leaders have vowed not to repeat that mistake. Instead, they have apparently launched a spate of assassinations that have claimed the lives of at least four prominent conservative and right-wing leaders during the campaign. Among last week's targets were Héctor Julio Flores Larin, a P.C.N. representative in the Constituent Assembly, and Tito Adalberto Rosa, a campaign coordinator for the ultraconservative Salvadoran Authentic...
...decision comes in the wake of much student protest Interfraternity Council (II-C) President Hal Ball termed the spate of unrest "not a fraternity protest, but a student protest...
...fake a story from, say, the White House. Indeed, the fabrications of Cooke, Daly and Jones were quickly exposed, partly as a result of probing questions from other news organizations. Cooke and Daly were fired, and Jones was dropped from the Times's freelance roster. But the spate of trickery underscored a fundamental vulnerability...
Carol Nashe, a spokesman for the Boston Sheraton Hotel, said that a spate of false fire alarms allegedly pulled by delegates had disturbed guests and caused several to check...
Beyond challenges to the Commission's work, a spate of actual conspiracy theories have emerged. Mark Lane's second book on the assassination, though published as fiction, was Executive Action, suggesting very strongly that Oswald was used as a patsy for Dallas right-wing elements. An old theory suggests a link between Oswald, his killer Jack Ruby, and murdered Dallas officer Tippit. Evidence for this theory is almost exclusively circumstantial. Oswald's landlady said a police car drove by Oswald's rooming house, honked the horn, and drove away. This was five or six minutes before the time that Tippit...