Word: suspects
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...doctors used a colonoscope, a flexible hollow tube with fiber-optic threads, that can be inserted to the full length of the large intestine. Inside the tube is a wire snare that emerges in a loop at the far end. Maneuvering the colonoscope, they placed the loop around the suspect polyp and passed an electric current through the wire which cauterized the polyp, freeing it from the intestinal wall. Held to the end of the colonoscope by suction, the polyp was withdrawn. Using the same instrument, the doctors visually scanned the rest of the President's colon. It was during...
...budget compromise promises savings of $27.5 billion in defense alone. But that number is suspect because it assumes the Pentagon will spend less than it is entitled to. If the Pentagon does not oblige, savings could be slashed by as much as $6 billion. No major weapons system is canceled under the compromise, suggesting that military maintenance and operations would have to be sacrificed if the lower spending target were...
Most viewers were probably only irritated by the unseemly scrambling among photographers or the squabbling among networks. They already suspect that journalistic enterprise is not unwaveringly high-minded. More troubling was the belief that television egged on the hijackers by providing such visibility for their propaganda. "We were far too available to every side," said John Chancellor, NBC's senior news commentator. "Our failure to control ownership of the story may have been the problem...
Spurred in part by that information, the Stratford town council is considering an ordinance that would allow police to enter a private residence if they suspect someone under 21 is consuming liquor, even if adults are present. Dubbed the house-party ordinance, it has been adopted in 43 of the state's 169 municipalities, but in Stratford it has split neighbors between those who see the measure as a way to curb underage drinking and those who argue that it undermines parental authority and violates privacy rights...
According to the advisory, the victim described the suspect as a black male, 30-35 years of age, 5’8” to 5’11” tall, and weighing around 160 pounds. She also described him as having very short hair, an emaciated facial structure, very thin arms, and clad in a black puffy jacket and dark jeans...