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Word: beene (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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As the hour that the march was to begin drew near, the picnic-like atmosphere began to fade and people congregated around banners or famous anti-war personalities. Many of the more militant groups-including contingents from the Communist Party, Progressive Labor, a group of NLF sympathizers, and Students for...

Author: By Stephen D. Lerner, | Title: Washington After Dark | 11/13/1969 | See Source »

As I stood with Mike Spiegel '68, National Secretary of SDS, and a number of other students from Harvard, it became clear that everyone expected trouble. Some were wearing crash helmets and others who wore glasses had remembered to bring along an extra pair. Vague plans had been laid to...

Author: By Stephen D. Lerner, | Title: Washington After Dark | 11/13/1969 | See Source »

Most people who left the demonstration around 7 p.m. Saturday night felt that while there were a few isolated cases of brutality by Federal Marshals, on the whole the troops had been well behaved in the face of a great deal of abuse and provocation. Those who stayed until midnight...

Author: By Stephen D. Lerner, | Title: Washington After Dark | 11/13/1969 | See Source »

Word apparently had been passed to the troops that the last charge by the group of demonstrators who rushed the Pentagon doors was sufficient reason for cracking down on the protestors. The Marshals began to push the MP's forward until they were pressed against the sitting demonstrators. Then they...

Author: By Stephen D. Lerner, | Title: Washington After Dark | 11/13/1969 | See Source »

The action slackened up long enough for the demonstrators to start thinking about their stomachs instead of their heads. Hundreds of people kept a constant supply of food and water flowing to the front until everyone had eaten his fill. But even after the hunger and thirst had been satiated...

Author: By Stephen D. Lerner, | Title: Washington After Dark | 11/13/1969 | See Source »

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