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...Mayor Edward I. Koch boomed a cannon that was loud enough to wake up a family in New Jersey. The race was on, 19,000 people sprinted, jogged, walked, and gallopped over the bridge in search of Central Park. Some said they could feel the bridge bouncing...
Since we are a new organization (began last spring), it is understandable that our position is not well-known in the greater community. But it is vital, especially this early, that the community realizes that we are here to listen to all Harvard students. Christopher Cannon '86 George Hanna'87 Co-directors, CONTACT
...shares her family's zest for hunting, took a turn at the firing line to check out her troops' new assault rifle and scored an impressive nine out of ten points. Anne then clambered into a 24-ton armored personnel carrier, scoring five hits out of seven with its cannon and rattling 70 rounds from its machine gun dead into the bull's-eye. Then the fearless princess threw the APC into gear and sped back to the barracks, presumably for a spot...
...often a term of derision, of contempt. In Europe, the word frequently conjures up everything that people fear and mistrust in Americans. It suggests unpredictable, violent behavior, a heedless and cavalier lawlessness and a kind of vigorous stupidity: a hard killer glint in the American eye, the loose cannon rolling around in the American mind. Viet Nam was a rip-roaring American cowboy adventure that turned into a nightmare. The cowboy idea does not always ^ travel well abroad. It works best on the native range...
...Because the N.D.P. is regarded by many as a haven for neo-Nazis, its gatherings inevitably bring protests. After demonstrators held a peaceful rally, several hundred hooligans, mostly young, some wearing hoods and black leather jackets, began hurling bottles and stones. In response, the police brought out a water-cannon truck. As it sped to the scene, the vehicle ran over a protester, killing...