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Word: cordons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ubiquitous, seen vaulting a wall at Quincy House to prevent rioters from stoning the dining hall window, talking to students, and trying to reason with police. Given the cold shoulder by a group of helmeted troopers. Wald turned around only to meet an elderly, stooped woman guided from the cordon by a crowd of policemen. She was Jesse Whitehead, daughter of Alfred North Whitehead...

Author: By Peter D. Kramer, | Title: Little Ironies, Bloody Heads | 4/16/1970 | See Source »

Also before midnight, three students carrying a conscious but injured boy to Stillman Infiimary in Holyoke Center were let through the police cordon on Holyoke St. Within 15 yards of the infirmary entrance, they were stopped by about six police, according to the students. one of whom shoved his club into the injured boy's groin. The group ran into the infirmary, dragging the boy with them...

Author: By Peter D. Kramer, | Title: Little Ironies, Bloody Heads | 4/16/1970 | See Source »

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