Word: six
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...private minds eats away at public responsibility. Judges in separate courtrooms the other day pronounced sentence on Marion Barry, the mayor of Washington (six months for possession of cocaine, the drug that is tearing his city apart) and on three Northwest Airlines pilots who, while drunk one morning last spring, flew a Boeing 727 with 91 passengers aboard from Fargo, N. Dak., to Minneapolis. Mayor Barry, still running the addict's street con, portrayed himself as the victim of racial prejudice and, worse, as a man who has recovered from his problem and mended his ways...
...state of Uttar Pradesh. Shouting "Break the mosque! Break the mosque!" about 100 stone-throwing crusaders pulled plaster from the walls and planted saffron-colored flags atop the shrine before they were driven off by police and paramilitary troops armed with tear gas, riot sticks and guns. At least six militants died; next day an additional 16 were killed as police used bullets and bamboo staves to hold back the crowds...
...militants have vowed to tear down the Babri mosque, which they believe was built on Rama's birthplace, and erect a temple of their own. As a result, more than 257 people have died over the past two weeks as clashes between Hindus and Muslims spread to cities in six other states...
When the U.N. voted to bar all trade into or out from Iraq, many experts estimated it would take at least six months, and perhaps even a year, before economic collapse would paralyze the Iraqi army and provoke street riots or coup attempts. So far, the political impact of the sanctions has been virtually nil. One effect, the imposition of gas rationing, was abruptly canceled last week when Saddam announced that the Oil Minister had underestimated the available supplies of necessary chemical additives. After firing the minister, Saddam gave...
...District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson was not impressed with Washington Mayor Marion Barry's last-minute contrition. On Oct. 26, Jackson sentenced him to six months in prison and a $5,000 fine for a cocaine- possession misdemeanor. Having failed to provide a "good example" in the city's highest post, said the judge, Barry "must now become an example of another kind." Last week Jackson hinted that he may have had more controversial motives for handing down what the mayor claims is stiff punishment...