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Before Jakes could fashion a response, events exploded. On Friday, Nov. 17, Prague riot police cracked down on student demonstrators. With his authority rapidly crumbling, Jakes launched a last-minute bid to crush the uprising. Advised by Czechoslovakia's military that it would take no part in a violent action against the populace, Jakes turned in desperation to the People's Militia, units composed mostly of factory workers that function in effect as the Communist Party's private army. Beginning Nov. 19, militia units were deployed at factory gates and inside industrial compounds around the country. Care was taken...
Other Square merchants are left to handle the post-Holiday crush. At The Store 24, two items always are high on everyone's list...
Bush said he decided to meet on a ship so "we can do it without too much fanfare...where there's a relatively few number of people, not a lot of crush of bodies out there and a chance to put our feet up and talk...I think it's easy logistically for both sides...
...very happy I could do in both games what I wanted," said Kasparov, who hasn't lost a tournament since 1981. "In the first game, with black, I played quietly. In the second game, I tried to crush it in the opening...
Kasparov said at first he missed the psychological tension and energy of a human opponent. But then he "felt a burst of energy from the audience wanting me to really crush the computer. Because we all have something in common--we are all human beings...