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Word: thexton (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

...thinking all day about how he should try to escape if the opportunity came. Said David Jodice, of Vienna, Va.: "They were shouting at us in pitch darkness, and then we totally panicked when they threw a hand grenade at the passengers." At that point, said British Passenger Michael Thexton, "everyone made a dash for it. I climbed out onto a wing and jumped down onto the tarmac and ran." Catherine Dumas, of Lafayette, N.J., who escaped the plane without a scratch but suffered a sprained ankle when a nervous ambulance driver ran over her foot, called the scramble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism Carnage Once Again | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

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