Word: burnes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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General Ordnance Equipment Corp., Mace's manufacturer, replied that although the device has already been used 20,000 to 30,000 times, there has been no evidence of any damage worse than "a burn equivalent to sunburn...
...trying to send in food. The attackers were thrown back, causing one of the school's disillusioned football fans to note that "it's probably the first time Columbia has ever held a line." Kirk was also aware of rumors that militant Harlem residents were vowing to "burn Columbia down...
Though many white Americans, principally churchmen, have contributed money and time to the march, others view it with emotions that range from nervousness to outrage. "When that bunch comes here," bellowed Louisiana's Senator Russell Long, "they can just burn the whole place down, and we can just move the capital to some place where they enforce the law!" Other officials feared that the march might trigger a repetition of the riots that singed Washington and 167 other cities after King's murder, and the Pentagon hastily added more than five brigades-some 30,000 troops...
When it's cold outside, people tend to burn their TV sets longer. In fact, according to the A.C. Nielsen Co., audience figures climb 25% in the winter. This January and February, viewing hit an alltime high - 461 hours a week in the average U.S. home. The most habitual viewers are women 50 and over, who put in 331 hours before the set. Least hooked are the teenagers: they sit still for only about 19 hours a week...
Having secured their primary goal--the demonstrators should abandon their battle posts and swallow their anarchic threats to burn down the University to save their own skins...