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Word: curfew (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...army colonel in the area of the gun battle. Weizman and the colonel grabbed their weapons (it is not unusual for Israelis to carry weapons) and helped capture two of the terrorists. By that time, heavily armed Israeli troops had moved into the region in force. Police clamped a curfew on northern Tel Aviv and launched an intensive man hunt for three commandos who were still missing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: A Sabbath of Terror | 3/20/1978 | See Source »

...only are sex and marriage between blacks and whites illegal, but so are drinking and staying together except in a handful of expensive "international" hotels. Blacks must observe a curfew in white areas, and whites may enter black residential areas only when permitted by the white authorities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Telling White Lies | 12/13/1977 | See Source »

Voeller referred to a case in which two youths beat a gay person to death because of his homosexuality. A court sentenced the two to no alcoholic beverages for a year and a 10 p.m. curfew...

Author: By Patricia C. Gadecki, | Title: Gay Activist Attacks Media, Urges Reform | 12/2/1977 | See Source »

...homicide, assault, etc.) and 66% of all crimes against property. Last year in Chicago, one-third of all murders were committed by people aged 20 or younger, a 29% jump over 1975. In Detroit, youths commit so much crime that city officials were forced to impose a 10 p.m. curfew last year for anyone 16 or under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE YOUTH CRIME PLAGUE | 7/11/1977 | See Source »

Since 1972, only 300 government personnel of all races have been killed, along with 100 white civilians. The black civilian toll is far higher: almost 1,400 killed, including 238 curfew breakers and 342 civilians trapped in crossfire. But as guerrilla skills improve, the kill ratio has dropped in the past year, from 11 to 1 in the government's favor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: The Military: A Mission Impossible | 6/13/1977 | See Source »

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