Word: sped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...police hustled Asahara into a van while hundreds of photographers and reporters looked on. The press had been camped out in front of the compound for hours. The van sped in a small convoy on the highway back to Tokyo with news helicopters in pursuit. During the drive, officials informed Asahara that he was under arrest in connection with the murder of 12 people killed in the sarin attack on the Tokyo subway on March 20. Asahara responded, "Could a blind man like me possibly do such a thing...
...piece's harsh harmonies challenges conventional tonality," or "I'm really moved by its passionate lyricism." It's the kind of music you listen to and dance to-its hard to avoid moving your body-and think, "Gee, that was fun!" The ska sound centers around a some-what sped-up reggae beat, carnival-type rhythms, frequently humorous lyrics, large bands (sometimes more than seven people) and lots of bass and brass...
...with an AK-47 rifle. Sixteen gunshots later, Gary C. Durell, 45, a CIA communications technician, was dead, and Jackie Van Landingham, 33, a consulate secretary, was fatally wounded. A third employee, postal clerk Marc McCloy, 31, was shot in the ankle. The gunmen spared the Pakistani driver and sped away. Said a stunned Karachi resident, Mohammad Ismail Said, an office clerk: "The barbarians have arrived...
...Friday, the Muslim holy day, a beige Peugeot pulled up in front of an apartment block in the Algiers district of Kouba. Residents who had arisen for morning prayers saw the driver climb out and jump into a waiting car with two men. As they sped away, the three shouted, "Allahu Akbar...
...impact on the country, which is the second largest exporter of oil to the U.S., has been nothing short of catastrophic. To accommodate the bad-debt burden it has assumed, the Caldera government sped up the money-printing presses; this in turn has driven the annual inflation rate above 70%, the highest in South America. Price controls and currency restrictions, imposed to check inflation and save foreign reserves, have virtually paralyzed business. Public services have been curtailed, and unemployment has climbed. Constitutional provisions protecting civil liberties and property rights have been in suspension since last July, ostensibly to aid investigators...