Word: teared
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Anybody who wants to tear down historic buildings in Harvard Square has a lot to answer for," Duehay said...
...negotiator Jeffrey Jamar, who recommended the plan to end the siege with a tear gas assault, challenged a cult lawyer's assertion that "some desk-bound bureaucrat in Washington" overrode a negotiated surrender agreement between the FBI and Branch Davidians. Jamar, who made the call, said evidence suggested that cult leader David Koresh's offer to surrender was nothing but a ruse. Koresh, said Jamar, "constantly would make promises he did not keep...
...Bill Zeliff (R-N.H.) demanded that former Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen explain why he apparently did nothing to deter federal agents under his jurisdiction from using tear gas at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, even after his deputy, Roger Altman, had warned of "the risks of a tragedy" in a memo. "Isn't this an alarm crying out for some responsible action?" Zeliff asked. "Didn'tRoger Altmansound the alarm?" Bentsen responded: "The responsibility at that point was the Justice Department and the FBI. That was their jurisdiction. I had other responsibilities to attend to. I thought...
...find solace in the lurid details of Susan Smith's infanticide. But no. A South Carolina judge has ruled that there will be no cameras in the courtroom, thus denying Americans from sea to shining sea the opportunity to relive those brutal moments straight from the alleged killer's tear-stained testimony (and all in convenient 30-second sound bites...
South Pacific nations andeco-protestersin several countries denounced the storming of Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior II by French commandos on Sunday, but France stood firm in its controversial plan to renewnuclear testingin September. The 15-nation South Pacific Forum said the action, in which 150 commandoes used tear gas to stop the ship before it reached French waters off the Mururoa atoll where eight tests are planned, was "totally over the top." To make matters worse, the incident fell on the 10th anniversary of the bombing of the first Rainbow Warrior by French agents in New Zealand. Protesters in London...