About 2,000 Sunni militia members were also lined up on the government side, authorities said.
In 2006, when Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor flew into the side of an apartment building on the East Side, authorities closed down the air traffic below 1,100 feet where the small aircraft play "see and avoid".
Three Chicago police officers were injured and a suspect killed in a shootout following a foot chase through a dimly lit courtyard on the city's west side, authorities said.
Without the two-week postponement agreed to by both sides, authorities would have had until yesterday to either indict Dr. Waksal or present some evidence against him at a hearing.
She tells his tragic story with lucid fair-mindedness and -- especially on the art-historical side -- authority, as well as with a much needed sense of humor.
But he perfectly summed up their performance afterwards, lauding his side's "authority, intensity, bravery".
As long as I've known him, Orhan has always revelled in being a thorn in the side of authority.
On the revenue side, the authority estimated that curtailing operations at the three airports it manages cost $35 million.
From that almost biblical beginning, Mr. Webb remained on the side of authority for the rest of his life.
After all, he spent the first half of his life on the wrong side of authority, rebelling against and then escaping from the dead weight of family tradition.
He remains politically active and a constant thorn in the side of authority, although he insists that he lacks the temperament to ever run for office himself.
