Word: sprees
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PLEADED NOT GUILTY. JOHN MUHAMMAD, 42, accused sniper; of the murder of Dean Meyers, 53, an engineer shot with a high-powered weapon at a Sunoco station in Manassas, Va., last October; on the first day of his first trial in connection with the three-week shooting spree that left 10 people dead in the Washington area; in Virginia Beach, Va. Muhammad's alleged accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, 18, begins a separate trial next month...
...Robot’s emphasis on style over substance produces a handful of nearly unlistenable missteps, sunk by empty lyrics and flat, repetitive song structures. But the high points of the 39-minute spree suggest that if these professional impostors learn a few new tricks, their expiration date might be extended a while longer yet. —Simon W. Vozick-Levinson
...history is Sigourney Weaver's turn as the avenging warrior matron in Aliens. But whereas Weaver clenched her jaw, widened her eyes and depended on a giant space monster to provide the fear, Thurman sometimes is the thing to fear. Even though the reasons for the Bride's revenge spree are well set up, there are moments when Thurman portrays her as a beast who has tasted blood and might like more. Certainly there are also plenty of scenes in which Thurman seems to be holding herself together by the memory thread of her murdered child. Overall...
...changing; some fund managers say they've seen growing interest in the past two weeks. But such latecomers "may have missed the big move," says Bob Parker, deputy chairman of Credit Suisse Asset Management, who still expects the rally to continue, albeit less dramatically. Carlyle's Euro Shopping Spree A secretive, well-connected U.S. financial firm may be close to achieving what European governments and companies have long failed to do: consolidate Europe's defense industry. The Carlyle Group, a Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm whose officers include former U.S. Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci and former Secretary of State...
...will." For instance, those track pants make your rear end look like a watermelon. Your overtight bra makes you look as if you have four breasts. And that casual outfit is "a little bit Mr. Garbage Collector." What Not subjects win a £2,000 ($3,300) shopping spree, with a catch: they have to turn themselves and their closets over to Woodall, Constantine and a battery of hidden cameras for a detailed, unsparing, public dressing down...