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assault wave
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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2001
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assault wave a formation of forces, landing ships, craft, amphibious vehicles, or aircraft constituting the initial attack increment of an amphibious assault.
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Assault rifles on our streets alarm police: Officers fear they could be outgunned by criminals.
Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL); 9/23/2007; 700+ words
; ...Haas Sep. 23--Suddenly, it seems, assault rifles are everywhere: in the news...County, where at least nine attacks with assault weapons in the past two years left at...Ric Bradshaw plans to purchase 1,000 assault rifles to arm his deputies. "I've...
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Assault on Rape Shield Law Puts Victims at Risk: Says NJCASA State of New Jersey vs. Anderson Garron.
PR Newswire; 7/29/2003; 700+ words
; ...afforded victims of sexual assault under the State's...reluctant to report sexual assaults, but it will seriously...how cases of sexual assault are investigated and...with him prior to the assault occurring. Today...Shield Law to sexual assaults between victim and violent...
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Assault guns assessed.(PROFESSIONAL FORUM)
Magazine article from: Infantry Magazine; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Americans. To the casual observer, the German assault gun looks like just another tank or tank...American Soldier's main experience with assault guns. The German army's original intent for the assault gun was far different. Whatever their...
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Sexual Assaults In Army On Rise; Report Blames Poor Oversight And Training
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/3/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Allegations of sexual assault in the U.S. Army...increase in reported assaults against U.S. servicewomen...picture of the sexual assault issue." The report...number of reported sexual assault cases increased by an...groups say that sexual assaults are routinely underreported...
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Assault reports up at Indiana U.; officials not worried
News Wire article from: University Wire; 2/7/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...reporting rather than assaults." The increase in assault reports, McCord...reporting sexual assaults difficult...think of a sexual assault as a stranger...of reports of assault represents an...reports, not assaults. "It's hard...
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Recent assaults at U. Wisconsin rare, police say
News Wire article from: University Wire; 3/14/2007; ; 595 words
; ...that reports of assaults are not rare, they...stranger sexual assault, where the victim...turned into sexual assault," Hanson said. The first of the March assaults occurred on Mar...knowledge of sexual assaults. "The media chooses...acquaintance commits the assault. MPD Central ...
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Sexual assault coalition to target teens
News Wire article from: University Wire; 3/18/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...beliefs regarding sexual assault. As of the Jan. 6...behavior regarding sexual assaults were no different in...they believed sexual assault constituted any unwanted...75 percent of sexual assaults never result in anyone...are victims of sexual assault by relatives. Bishop...
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ASSAULT VICTIMS FIND EMPOWERMENT IN RESTRICTED REPORTING
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/31/2008; 700+ words
; ...following press release: Many sexual assault victims in the military are using an option...allows them to disclose the details of the assault confidentially and receive medical treatment...the military's fight against sexual assault said yesterday. Since the "restricted...
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Assault on the Semiautomatic Weapons Ban
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/11/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...National Rifle Association wrote that the assault weapons ban gives "jack- booted government...groups who stockpile military-style assault weapons and train to use these weapons...off their pledge to repeal the ban on assault weapons -- the very types of weapons...
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ASSAULTS AGAINST BORDER PATROL AGENTS CONTINUE RECORD PACE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/18/2007; 700+ words
; ...2006, there were 752 reported assaults compared to 987 assaults during fiscal year 2007. In...measures to help combat the rising assaults against agents. Agents are...more options to respond to an assault before escalating to the use...
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Assault
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...the possible harm. Aggravated Assault An aggravated assault, punishable in all states as...Common types of aggravated assaults are those accompanied by an intent to kill, rob, or rape. An assault with a dangerous weapon is aggravated...
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Rape and Sexual Assault
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
Rape and sexual assault Definition Rape and...perpetrators of rape and sexual assault. These characteristics...approximately 40 percent of assaults. Gender: The great...of rapes and sexual assaults that go unreported...Although one in five sexual assault reports occurs for adolescents...
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Assault and Battery
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
ASSAULT AND BATTERY Two separate offenses against...unlawful and unpermitted touching of another. Assault is an act that creates an apprehension...there must be an absence of contact for assault. Sometimes assault is defined loosely...
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assault
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...combine assault and battery. An assault may be both a crime and a tort...recognize certain degrees of assault (e.g., with intent to...harm, to rape) as aggravated assaults and felonies, though simple assault remains, as at common law...
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Aggravated Assault
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...deadly weapon. In all jurisdictions statutes punish such aggravated assaults as assault with intent to murder (or rob or kill or rape) and assault with a dangerous (or deadly) weapon more severely than "simple" assaults.
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