Word: sudden
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When it emerged that the first serious suspects in the bombing were not Arabs or Muslims, the threat of a backlash subsided. What did not change was the sudden momentum behind passage of an antiterrorism bill bitterly opposed by many Arab-American groups, as well as civil libertarians. On Capitol Hill, where the members of Congress are eager to show that they are doing something to prevent future outrages, the omnibus counterterrorism act of 1995 is now getting serious attention. Proposed by the Clinton Administration in the wake of the World Trade Center bombing, it would, among its many provisions...
Living through a bomb attack--the sudden deafening noise; the flying glass and masonry; the bloody, broken bodies and screams of the injured--is traumatic enough to throw most adults into profound shock. But if the grownups who survived the Oklahoma City explosion are numb in its aftermath, what could be going through the minds of the blast's smallest and most vulnerable victims, the children...
...sudden, the rags-to-riches Green was undefeated and No. 2 in the country. A loss to Penn State would ruin the perfect record, but in the Ivy League Dartmouth was still at the top. The only thing it needed to win its first outright title since--yep, 1986--was a victory over Harvard...
...investigators are now focusing more on domestic than international groups. At the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City, the death toll rose to 57 today as rescue workers dug more bodies from the rubble. The building structure is now so shaky that authorities were worried that a sudden shift in the wind could endanger rescuers.Oklahoma Explosion FileOklahoma Explosion Bulletin Board
...city campaign, hailed by some as a "Led Zeppelin reunion," was the first tour for the two musicians since they disbanded Zeppelin following the sudden death of drummer John Bonham...