Word: statements
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...department statement said the area experienced its worst rainstorm in the last 50 years just before the crash. It said two inches of rain in six hours caused a dam to overflow, and the resulting torrent washed out supports for the bridge, which collapsed under the train's weight...
...terse statement allowed Time to proceed with its friendly acquisition of Warner. Within three hours of the decision, Time carried out its tender offer to pay $70 a share for 100 million of the more than 180 million Warner shares outstanding. Along with 17 million Warner shares that Time acquired in a stock swap in June, the tender gave Time a 58% controlling interest in its merger partner. As a result of the deal, Time changed its name to Time Warner; the company will buy the remaining Warner shares for a combination of cash and securities under terms that...
...just as I was pulling into the parking lot, I heard a car alarm go off, in another lot off to the side. I pulled into my designated spot, and the gentleman whose home faced the spot where I parked came to the door and very abruptly made the statement 'Do we have to put up with this kind of racket every night?' The only thing I could say was 'That wasn't my car. I don't have an auto alarm...
Cicippio, 58, has a bushy beard and was shown from the waist up reading from a statement. The poor English suggested it was written by his captors...
...typewritten statement in Arabic signed by the Organization of the Oppressed on Earth said the 44-year-old hostage was hanged at 3 p.m. (8 a.m. EDT). Both the tape and statement were delivered to a Western news agency an hour after the deadline...