Word: swatting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ship anchored off Long Beach. The first major assignment of the Pentagon's newly organized hostage rescue team, now training at Quantico, Va., will be to station itself in Orange County during the Olympics, ready to swing into action alongside the Los Angeles Police Department's crack SWAT (special weapons and tactics) team if terrorists try anything at the Games...
Relax. Just press the play button, then settle back in the Barcalounger to watch the episode of Cheers that you missed last Thursday because of the lasagna dinner at your mother-in-law's. No more guilt or anxiety. No video SWAT team is going to swoop down on your living room, disconnect your VCR, and confiscate the collection of I Love Lucy videotapes that you've been recording for a rainy day. It's all legal...
...CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI To the staff: It is my great pleasure to announce the appointment of Vice President Zinc Savage, who comes to us from the SWAT division of the Philadelphia police department, where "Old Firing Squad," as he was known . . .; Out of paper; "The boss would like to see you, Smith. Now"; "How about lunch some time?"; Dictated but not signed; "That's a no-brainer, Smith"; "Does Mr. Harris know what this call is in regard to?"; Signed but not dictated; "Let's lunch"; Out of ink; Not dictated, not signed; "Ever free for lunch...
...Swat...
...state and local police thought they had Kahl surrounded when they drew close to his modest Heaton farmhouse, not far from where the police car was found. During a 24-hour siege, the house was first approached by the tanklike personnel carrier, then bombarded with tear gas. Finally a SWAT team moved in, kicked down the door-and found the house unoccupied. Inside were more than 30 guns...