set n.— «Street gangs, called “sets” in gangster slang, have plagued Southeastern neighborhoods for decades. Schorr ran through a partial list: Neighborhood Crips, West Coast Crips, 5/9 Brims, Lincoln Park, Skyline Piru, Market Street, Encanto...
helitack n.— «First of a series of tests—tabbed the Helitack Program—on the use of helicopters in firefighting will start next week in the San Bernardino National Forest.» —“Fire-Fighting Copter Tests Start in Forest” in San Bernardino Los Angeles...
helitack n.— «The helitack was advised by the regional control centre about the fire being bombed by the Canso. The initial attack crew squeezed into the helicopter and were off within three minutes.» —“Fighting modern-day forest fires like a ‘war...
IDP n.— «There’s 30 to 40,000 internally displaced in Battambang—it’s the largest IDP (internally displaced people) problem since 1989.» —“Cambodian fighting closes in on key northwestern town” by Mark Dodd Reuters May 4, 1994. (source: Double...