Word: transport
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...having anything to do with the book. In Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar, Vallejo calls Uribe's father one of Colombia's "first drug traffickers". The President's father was killed in 1983 by Marxist rebels in a botched kidnapping attempt. According to Vallejo, Escobar offered Uribe his helicopter to transport his father and brother, who was injured in the attack, from their farm to Medellin. News reports from the time, describing the failed kidnapping corroborate her account. Bad weather prevented Escobar's helicopter from landing and Uribe's father and brother were transported by land, according to the newspaper...
...Sony Bravia ad featuring thousands of colorful balls bouncing all over San Francisco. The Swedish singer-songwriter’s newest music video, “Down the Line,” is markedly darker, focusing lyrically as well as visually on human weakness. The opening scenes transport the viewer to a hazy pastoral setting, engulfed in gray mist. A figure comes riding in: half pig, half man; he’s a repulsive amalgamation, a nightmarish figure. Nevertheless, we feel pity as he goes about his solitary life. Engulfed for mysterious reasons by worry, boredom, and heartbreak (a past...
...adapt the reform to the specifics of certain jobs, companies, and sectors before passing it into law and applying it - probably next year. But as they did with the month-long strikes that crippled the nation in 1995 (and eventually led to the right's ouster from power), public transport and utility workers are seeking to derail Sarkozy's proposed pension reform before it leaves the platform by scheduling walkouts and mass protests for October 18. Other public service workers have voted to strike separately on a later date, and possibly join forces with transport workers if Sarkozy refuses...
...most wanted man in the world. For a decade Rwanda's alleged genocide financier, Félicien Kabuga, has evaded trial for crimes against humanity and genocide. According to an indictment from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Kabuga secured weapons and transport for extremist Hutu militias in 1994, as his RTLM radio station was inciting mass violence. So when the U.S. launched a 2002 campaign to bring the génocidaires to justice, it started with a $5 million reward on Kabuga...
...rescue U.S. hostages in Iran. In the course of the operation, three helicopters broke down, leading to an order to abort the entire endeavor, and a fourth chopper collided with a C-130 aircraft at a desert base, killing eight U.S. troops. That sent Pentagon bureaucrats hunting for a transport that could be used by all four military services and prevent another fiasco. Reagan, who took office the year after Desert One, began to pour money into the Pentagon, particularly for research and design into new weapons and combat systems. The Osprey was born...