Word: armbands
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...Harry attended a friend's "colonial and native" costume party dressed as a Nazi. After a photo of Harry wearing a Swastika armband appeared on the cover of The Sun newspaper, the Royal Family issued an apology, although Harry never apologized in person. More importantly, he never explained how his costume fit the party's theme...
...year-old prince, third in line to the British throne, has been embroiled in several embarrassing incidents over the past few years. He was photographed sporting a Nazi Africa Korps uniform, replete with swastika armband, at a costume party in January 2005, and has fielded allegations from the British press for smoking marijuana and underage drinking. Video footage surfaced earlier in October that appeared to show him snorting vodka...
...onto the sidewalk was a white-haired gentleman with several folders tucked under his arm. He was followed by 11 slightly disoriented people whose appearance of confusion increased as they became surrounded by scores of onlookers appearing out of nowhere. A burly woman with a bright orange "police" armband then began barking "You can't stay here!" at the gawkers, while impressive-looking male colleagues formed a human cordon to make sure the smaller group from the bus was insulated from the assembled crowd. Suddenly, this no longer looked like the usual arrival of tourist buses and their cargo...
...made questioning authority a righteous cause in schools as well as on the streets. But students also attracted attention from public-interest lawyers who believed that stronger rights of expression would allow children to get a better education. Their first big victory came in 1969 with the black-armband case, called Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District. In a 7-to-2 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that students don't "shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech ... at the schoolhouse gate" as long as they don't cause "substantial disruption" at school. Courts gave students even...
...high fever and delirium. I was again taken to the prison hospital. I recovered, but then I had a bad hemorrhage. When the bleeding was brought under control, I was taken to the hospital for an examination. The ''doctor'' was a young woman in her early twenties, with an armband of the Revolutionaries. She was clumsy, and after the brief examination she told the guard I had cancer of the uterus. I did not believe her because I was sure she was not a qualified doctor. But apparently the guards and others at the detention house believed her. My treatment...