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They headed for the park, and, just as Republicans from Alabama began the roll call kicking off the convention inside the First Union Center, the march ended calmly. The police saturating the area had little to do, although the city would soon find need for its marshaled forces.
Despite rumors of more aggressive protests, Tuesday morning was hot and uneventful. At the First Union Center, behind three walls of eight-foot chain-link fence, were police in cars every 30 feet. Franklin D. Roosevelt park, where the March For Economic Human Rights had ended the day before, was...
At two in the afternoon, at the intersection of 13th and Arch Streets--just outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center that housed many convention activities--about 25 protesters, all white youths, squatted on a crosswalk with their arms linked, stopping traffic.
...evening came and conventioneers across town prepared to hear retired general Norman H. Schwartzkopf's remarks on military readiness, the splintered groups coalesced around a few large demonstrations, mostly at blocked intersections. At Spruce and Broad streets, about 300 protesters had gathered in the center of one of the city's busiest streets and the main route from the hotels to the convention...
Barbara will make sure to help out with the twin daughters, Barbara at Yale and Jenna at the University of Texas. Her duties include carrying tissues. When the girls teared up at the convention, they were inexperienced and empty-handed. She dispensed the Kleenex. And now and then she will...