Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bared Chests. Some demonstrators fought police hand to hand with daggers and sticks; others bared their chests and dared security forces to shoot them. Although police backed away from many confrontations, troops in Karachi fired on an impromptu demonstration, which had been organized during a curfew break to allow residents to shop and attend Muslim services. At least 20 people were killed and 200 wounded. Last week's violence raised the death toll to about 250 since the troubles began nearly two months ago. At least 4,000 people have been injured and 35,000 arrested...
...million in "nonlethal" military equipment the U.S. is sending to Zaïre. It seems that potable water for the thirsty soldiers is in short supply in Shaba, while Zaïre's own Coca-Cola plants produce the soft drink only in bottles, which could easily break en route to Shaba. (When the State Department flatly rejected Mobutu's request for the Cokes, he placed an order through normal commercial channels...
...only usable negative of it has been destroyed; Bertolucci disagrees. A small U.S. distributor with friendly ties to Bertolucci, Caribou Films, is now pressing Grimaldi to bring forth the compromise cut so it can negotiate for the rights. If that does not work, says Bertolucci, "I may have to break into the studio where Grimaldi has locked it up, steal it and circulate it underground...
Musically, the Grateful Dead have always been most skilled at their own kind of jam. At each song's end, they break down the rhythms and patterns into an elaborate, jazz-like chaos and then reassemble the component parts into another song. These acid-jazz jams comprise some of their best music, like "Dark Star," "Walk Me Out in the Morning Dew," and "The Other." Dead concerts unfold like four-hour medleys as each song gradually gives way to the next. The great theme of the band is departure and return--the trip, metaphorically or literally. Not only does their...
Last November, that arrangement was partially changed, when the Radcliffe trustees permitted the Radcliffe Institute to break away from the University...