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Armed officials carrying machine guns descended onto the streets and soon the crowds rummaging the looted pharmacy and grocery store had cleared.

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The battleship and the maxim gun, not the English countryside, empowered the Victorian imperialists.

The finished product, titled “Commietown,” used racially inflammatory images, including those of threatening Arab men, some toting guns, and a Black man chasing people on a subway platform with a machete.

The gang engages primarily in drug trafficking, but also smuggles guns, gold, fuel, alcohol and tobacco.

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“There’s no question that streaming is now under the gun to be its own profit center,” Hanlon said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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