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Word: knifings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...safe today. Basuco, a crude, habit-forming derivative of coca paste, was introduced into the local market by the cartel in 1984, when it had excess low-grade Colombian coca paste on its hands. Now there are thousands of addicts in the city, many of them knife-wielding street criminals who will kill for the price of a fix, less than a dollar. "Ten years ago you could stroll the city streets after dark," recalls Gomez. "That's suicidal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colombia the Most Dangerous City | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...have relations with Russia and China, certainly we can expand our influence in Latin America by negotiating with Castro. The Israelis and the Palestinians are in a death grip. They have their arms around each other and a knife at each other's back. They are hollowing each other out, afraid to let go for fear of being knifed in the face. They must be pried a-loose." The week Jackson said this, the Israeli journalist Wolf Blitzer wrote a long article in the Jerusalem Post, concluding, "Israel and its friends in the American Jewish community clearly have an important...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making History with Silo Sam | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...couple of guys there that you could eat a sandwich while they're running to first base," muses the outfielder, whose brothers Morris and Michael play shortstop and infield. "But you can't tell 'em they can't play. That'd be like sticking a knife in them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Grays on The Go | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

...Humm...how can we make our headline--'REAGAN DEATH SQUAD KILLS WITH RUSTY KNIFE HOMELESS MOTHER IN COLD BLOOD!!!!!!!'--less likely to be taken seriously by people than it already...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Academia Nuts | 1/29/1988 | See Source »

GAZA CITY, Occupied Gaza Strip--Israeli soldiers fired on knife-wielding. Palestinians in the Gaza Strip town of Rafah yesterday, killing one and wounding three, the army command said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Death Toll in Gaza Strip Hits 32 in Five Weeks | 1/13/1988 | See Source »

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