Word: threw
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...Virginia judge threw out a lawsuit by landowners and residents to stop Disney's giant historical theme park in Prince William County, Va. A grassroots group, "Protect Prince William Limited," wanted to block the prospective $650 million, "Disney's America" development west of Washington, which has drawn fire on editorial pages across the country but got an endorsement from the state's pro-business governor, Republican George Allen. The losers were even more annoyed when the judge declined to explain his action...
...grass roots political battle over congressional-term limits may play itself out next year before the Supreme Court. The Justices agreed to hear arguments next October about whether Arkansas voters can restrict the number of years U.S. Representatives can serve. An Arkansas appeals court threw out the state constitutional amendment limiting politicians' terms in office, as have courts in Washington and Nebraska this year. Fifteen states enacted similar laws during the "vote-the-bums-out" fervor of the last half decade...
...member jury, which included Catherine Deneuve and Kazuo Ishiguro (author of Remains of the Day), got the message. Happily infected with Saturday-night fever, it awarded Pulp Fiction the Palme d'Or as best among the 23 entries in competition. But the picture threw the international critics into a tizz. They weren't sure they should approve of a work of popular art so enjoyably and cleverly crafted; after a week studying the snail trails of European anomie and Third World angst, watching Pulp Fiction was like sneaking out of a final exam to go on a bender...
...Japan threw its support to U.N. economic sanctions against North Korea, even as Pyongyang reiterated that any such move would be considered an act of war. Tokyo declared that it may even join an action brought by only the U.S. and South Korea, if the U.N. proved too indecisive, a strong stand for the Japanese government. About 50 miles of the Korean strait separates Japan from Korea...
Over the past year there has been gory evidence of the home-front carnage. A soldier in Washington state killed his wife, packed her body into a suitcase and threw it off a bridge. In Southern California a Marine who was a hero in the Persian Gulf War shot and killed his newly divorced wife and their five- year-old daughter. In North Carolina an airman hacked his wife to pieces, wrapped her remains in plastic garbage bags and stored them in the refrigerator. In Hawaii a sailor killed his baby daughter, stuffing her into a duffel bag and tossing...