Word: arrests
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mental world ever to come out of the tradition of American cops and robbers movies. The French Connection is by no means an "anti-police" movie; it develops an admirably accurate perspective on the harshness of detective work--the long late hours waiting on winter streetcorners between every small arrest, and the very real threat of becoming the victim of a sniper, one of the occupational hazards of wearing a blue uniform in more than one American city. Working conditions like these explain some of the jaundiced outlook and enforced brutishness that are the psychological precursors...
Indian troops were still patrolling the streets of the Dacca capital last week to keep order, while the Bangladesh administration struggled to organize reconstruction and repatriation. But the man most essential to getting the new nation onto its feet-Sheik Mujibur ("Mujib") Rahman-was under house arrest near Islamabad. He was moved from prison by Pakistan's new civilian President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (see box). Bhutto paid a 30-minute call on the Bengali leader, with the avowed aim of persuading Mujib to accept some form of reconciliation between Pakistan and its former eastern province that would at least...
...founding heroes of the I.R.A., stood in front of Dublin's General Post Office and read out a proclamation declaring Ireland a republic. The Easter Rebellion was easily crushed. The British executed 15 of its leaders, including Pearse; about 3,500 men and 79 women were placed under arrest...
...strange mixture of secrecy and foolhardy openness marks the I.R.A. operation. On missions, the gunmen are often disguised by stocking masks, and move nightly from house to house to avoid arrest. Yet in the North near the border, army chiefs practically commute from home and family to their outlawed work. In the South, escaped internees hold TV press conferences. While I.R.A. men still execute informers, there are telephone numbers to call for accurate information on whether Provos or Officials are claiming credit for an operation. The war is one of both violence and propaganda...
Richard Daley declares martial law in Miami and tries to arrest the entire Democratic convention when, after 134 ballots, it nominates Jerry Rubin for President. Vice Presidential nominee Larry DiCara attempts to sooth Daley, citing the need for "ethnic balance". Declaring that "extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice," Rubin says he will campaign on a radical platform of "ecological concern, cursing home reform and automobile safety...