Word: curfew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Before martial law, the New People's Army controlled 33 of the 37 municipalities of Isabela province. Since the midnight-to-4 a.m. curfew was imposed last September, the army, which has about 3,000 troops in the area, estimates that the guerrillas' strength has been whittled down by more than one-third to an operational base of only...
Saigon shoppers laid in extra supplies of food-not because they feared civil chaos, but because of widespread expectations that Thieu might extend the 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew. A very few South Vietnamese suddenly decided that it was time to "visit relatives in Paris." But there was no exodus by Thieu's middle-and upper-class constituency, and no important defections from his regime. The coup rumors that floated through Saigon's cafes only a month or two ago had faded away, although, like the fighting war, they could resurface with a vengeance at any time...
JUST after the 11 p.m. curfew, a convoy of green and white police vans slid into a small alley off Phat Diem Street in Saigon's Second District. Policemen toting M-16 rifles and wooden clubs jumped out and sealed off the alley at either end. Pushing brusquely into each apartment, they demanded identity cards. Suspected Viet Cong sympathizers, draft dodgers or army deserters were hustled...
...started auspiciously enough as Hynes scored three goals against Army in a winning cause, even though an Army player gave Hynes the Bobby Hull treatment, shadowing him throughout the game. That Saturday night, Hynes, Corkery, Andv Burns. Jay Riley, and several other players "violsted curfew." According to Billt Cleary, who was in his first year as varsity coach. Cleary suspended all the offenders, including Hynes, for one game, the contest against Baston College, one of Harvard's most bitter rivals. Fortunately the Crimson, led by McManame, the only player on the Local Line who had not been suspended...
...time, many people assumed that the suspended players had gotten drunk up at Army, Hynes swears that this was not the case, "We went out to some parties that night, but we got back to the hotel before the 12:30 a.m, curfew. A little while later, we began feeling hungry, so a few of us went out to get something to eat. The whole incident was unfortunate. I'd have to any that the suspension was the worst thing that's happened to me at Harvard...