Word: cordons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rumor circulated yesterday afternoon that police were planning to surround and cordon off the building to prevent more supplies from entering and to force the occupants to leave. However, by 4 p. m.-the time of the anticipated maneuver-nothing had happened...
Several potentially violent episodes after the rally never got off the ground. The White House and Lafayette Park across the street were sealed off by a cordon of empty buses. Demonstrators let the air out of some bus tires, and tried unsuccessfully to tip over one of the buses...
Youths shouting "Seig Heil" pushed a coffin over the bus cordon, near the Executive Office Building, while two blocks away demonstrators sat in the street blocking traffic and threw bottles at police...
...week, Rojas quickly claimed victory-but then so did Pastrana. When Lleras Restrepo announced that the close vote would take several days to tally, Rojas charged "bald robbery," and thousands of Rojistas swarmed into Bogota's main intersection. Lleras Restrepo declared a state of siege and threw a cordon of troops around Rojas' house as "protection." After a few tense hours, well-trained riot police managed to clear the streets with no fatalities and few injuries. At week's end Pastrana led by 66,000 votes. The slim margin surprised those who had speculated that the slow...
...yellow Ford tried to leave the empty Square, police formed a cordon forcing the car to a halt. A dozen police opened the doors, pulled out the driver, and beat and kicked him before letting him walk...