Word: skiing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...thugs in ski masks who drained billions and billions of dollars from the nation's S&Ls. It was hundreds of (mostly) respected citizens in pinstripes who, seeing that deregulation had left the door to the vault wide open, walked in and grabbed what they could -- or at the very least allowed others...
...though, he has been selling assets and trimmed sales to $180 million. If Tapie succeeds in acquiring Adidas, it will put him at the head of one of the world's leading makers of sporting goods. His group's holdings in the past included the company that makes Look ski bindings, and he still retains ownership of Belgium's Donnay tennis rackets, which has fallen on bad times since Bjorn Borg, its main promoter, left the pro circuit...
...certain code. Chuckie, 11, explains how it works. When instructed to blockade a street, it is O.K. to steal public vans and buses but not private cars, because those, he says, "could belong to one of your own." The summer he turned ten, Chuckie came upon three teenagers in ski masks hijacking a plumber's van. He impulsively flung himself into the back of the truck; after the hijackers crashed the van and set it on fire, Chuckie helped pour gasoline on the wreck to make it burn faster. He was operating in strict accordance with I.R.A. guidelines...
...also been gathering milk and beer bottles to make petrol bombs for "after." The police came by at 5 p.m. and smashed the bottles with their rifle butts, but the kids still had nearly 1,000 hidden away. "Enough to last the night," as one 17-year-old, a ski mask tucked in his back pocket, cheerfully...
...long, 6-ft.-high machines generate a cloud of neutrons that penetrate the luggage. These combine with the nitrogen in plastic explosives to generate gamma rays; an array of detectors identifies the substance. But other items containing nitrogen, including wool sweaters and padded ski boots, can set off warnings. The manufacturer, Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego, says the false alarms can be reduced with further experience. At the moment, says FAA administrator James Busey, "we have no other system available...