Word: terrorization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rented by a woman named Pamela Lazore-Lanza. A bomb had gone off, killing Lazore-Lanza and a male friend. The bomb was one of four such devices that exploded almost simultaneously in different parts of western New York, killing five people and hanging a necklace of terror along 250 miles of the New York-Canada border...
Dohnanyi modestly ascribes the orchestra's excellence to the diligent work habits and pride instilled under Szell, the Hungarian-born terror who became music director in 1946 and transformed Cleveland from a cultural backwater into one of the orchestral world's powerhouses. Szell's ironfisted discipline brooked no contradiction, and the musicians played for him as if their livelihoods -- if not their lives -- depended on it. "Under Szell they had to be the best," notes Dohnanyi. "With me, they want to be the best...
...reality (Klute, All the President's Men), gives his movie the dark glow we have come to expect from this genre. But we don't go to movies like this in search of stylish apercus. We go to see innocents like ourselves getting swept up by irresistible tides of terror. And to have the pants scared off us. That doesn't happen in The Pelican Brief. An airplane read has been turned into nothing more compelling than an airplane...
After the latest slaughter -- this time on a New York commuter train < -- America faces the paradox of its battle over guns. Each crime creates a fresh wave of terror, a louder demand for gun control -- and a larger demand for guns...
This latest spasm has produced what educators call a "teachable moment," when students -- in this case the entire citizenry -- may be ready to learn a new lesson about an old problem. Among activists who for years have fought for tighter gun laws, the current wave of terror presents a perfect opportunity to turn the fear of violence into a rejection of guns. Violence is out of control, they argue; guns cause much of the violence, therefore it is time to get serious about controlling the guns. President Clinton used the shooting to renew his call for tougher laws and licensing...