Word: beaten
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...left at Martyrs' Monument in honor of the late Premier Monument in honor of the late Premier Chou Enlai, who had rehabilitated Teng from the disgrace he suffered during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution of 1966-69. The gathering soon ignited into violence, and hundreds of demonstrators were beaten and jailed. In the wake of the event, Mao had personally purged Teng, whom he blamed for the pro-Chou demonstration. Soon thereafter, Hua claims, the aging Chairman endorsed him as his successor...
...troops opened fire on the chanting crowd with automatic weapons. Official sources said that nine persons had been killed and 35 wounded, but diplomats, making independent checks, pegged the number of fatalities at a score or more. Two Newsweek correspondents and a reporter for the London Daily Telegraph were beaten and briefly jailed by soldiers when they tried to cover a clash outside their hotel. An Iranian guard was killed during a conflict between protesters and security forces at the gates of the U.S. embassy...
...colony. Articles in New West magazine and the San Francisco Examiner in August 1977 further documented the temple's increasing use of violence to enforce conformity to its rigid rules of conduct. Members were routinely scolded by Jones before the assembled community and then whipped or beaten with paddles for such infractions as smoking or failing to pay attention during a Jones "sermon." A woman accused of having a romance with a male cult member was forced to have intercourse with a man she disliked, while the entire colony watched. One means of indoctrinating children: electrodes were attached to their...
...aquawomen take to the water again on Wednesday at 7 p.m., against Boston College at Blodgett Pool. Although the Harvard team has never beaten BC, the Eagles have lost some of their swimnters this season. Walsh said she expects a close meet...
Junior John Hynes, who received a severe baptism in the varsity nets last season but still wound up with the third best goals-against average in the Ivies, was beaten out at least for the moment by freshman Wade Lau for the starting goalie berth. Lau, a high school star in St. Paul, had a strong camp and was praised by players for his ability to force shooters to commit themselves...