Word: wrists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviet Union, McKee was given a six-month work release sentence for making a false statement. She described the crime as "all technical violations," like driving 60 m.p.h. in 55 m.p.h. zones. "There's been little fear of heavy sentences. It's more often a slap on the wrist," says Robert McDiarmid, a Santa Clara County private investigator who handles high-tech security for industry...
Congressional critics chastised the Navy after the decision, calling it business as usual in dealing with large defense contractors. Wisconsin Democrat William Proxmire told the Senate, "Small contractors who are caught committing questionable or wrongful acts are pinned to the wall. Larger companies typically are slapped on the wrist at most." Michigan Democrat John Dingell, who chaired the House subcommittee that unearthed the gifts to Rickover, said the General Dynamics decision reflected the differences between large and small contractors. The little ones, he said, do not have the U.S. "as hostages...
...back of the bike fired a pistol through the Volga's rear window. The panic- stricken chauffeur jammed on the brakes, allowing the gunman to pump more bullets through a side window of the car. Khitrichenko was hit four times--in the head, chest, neck and wrist; less than an hour later he was pronounced dead at Lohia Hospital. His wife and the driver sustained minor injuries from flying glass...
...addiction can sneak up on you, foosball players agree. "You waste so much time at the table, you wish you could get credit for it." says Brian C. Harrington '87 Flora Chang '86 says that she slacked off on her foos time when her "academics and wrist started hurting...
Meanwhile, Kaye recovered from what Choate described as "severe tendonitis in her wrist and shoulder" to score an easy triumph yesterday...