Word: montanas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...probability, this sort of relatively benign factionalism will be around for quite some time; no matter how peaceful and unified the country seems, there will always be amusing secession movements in Vermont and Texas and the militia party will always hold a respectable minority of the congressional seats in Montana...
...discussion increased in intensity, several things became clear to me. First of all, I had never realized that isolationism ran so strong in this country. Sure, I had heard about the Freemen in Montana and the black-helicopter-fearing types, but I was certain that no thinking American could see things that...
...executive at Texaco was found not to have referred to African-American employees as "niggers," as had been reported. The burning of black churches in the South was found not to have been the work of organized bigots, as had been reported. The arrest of a militia group in Montana did not end in a shoot...
...easier to end an armed standoff than a delusion. Last week Emmett Clark, 68, was in court to hear a new set of indictments against him and 13 of the 24 self-styled Freemen of Jordan, Montana. Clark, a leader of the group, listened carefully to the litany--false tax claims, bank fraud, threats against federal officials, firearms violations--and then refused counsel. "All these things are better done by a lawyer than a lay person," admonished U.S. Magistrate Richard Anderson. "This isn't a game, Mr. Clark." To which Clark replied, "Well, I haven't granted you venue...
...unlikely that this bomber acted alone, and in addition to any co-conspirators, there are probably friends, family members and neighbors with knowledge or suspicions that could help the investigation. "Even the accused Unabomber had family members who suspected him, and he was living alone in a shack in Montana," says Damon Camp, a criminologist at Georgia State University. At the same time, since the blast occurred in a densely occupied park filled with camera-toting tourists, the FBI is convinced that someone has a picture or video likeness of the bomber or bombers packed away with their Olympic souvenirs...