Word: subways
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...didn't know whom to believe--King, who "couldn't have been telling the whole truth," or Maffia, who "had it in for Don." The alternate also revealed that she had discussed the case with two of the regular jurors, one of whom is an attorney, on a subway ride home earlier in the week--an apparent violation of court instructions not to discuss deliberations. That alone would have been grounds for a mistrial, according to lead prosecutor Paul Gardephe. It was an interesting jury, to say the least. Because laughter could often be heard behind the heavy mahogany doors...
...Tokyo District Court, finding that Japan's Aum Shinrikyo manufactured the sarin nerve gas used in the Tokyo subway attack, ordered that the cult lose its tax-sheltered status as a religious organization. The ruling paves the way for a liquidation of Aum's assets, estimated at anywhere from $20 million to $1 billion. The proceeds from the sale would be seized by the government or used to settle lawsuits against the cult. Echoing the relief felt by a vast majority of his countrymen, Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama said, "We were expecting to hear this conclusion, and I am glad...
...SUBWAY FIRE KILLS...
...Baku, capital of the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, a malfunctioning electrical cable ignited gases trapped in a subway tunnel, sparking an explosion that killed 288 people and injured 200 more; most of the victims died from carbon-monoxide poisoning. Officials blamed the accident on outdated Soviet equipment...
Bonnie Smith, campaign manager for council hopeful Marty Connor, said Connor was distributing leaflets at the Alewife and Porter Square subway stations...