Word: curfew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...know it's a dangerous drug," some marijuana and pills. Large cases or little, the marshal said, you have to be on your toes. Mothers used to come down to the saloons and leave their children outside on the benches until all hours. McNeely now enforces a 10 p.m. curfew for everyone under...
...deeper question at issue is how long and how easily democracy and dictatorship can live together. In some respects, Chun has eased his country steadily closer to freedom. The man in the Korean street no longer observes a midnight curfew, fears no sudden police raids and is able to travel abroad much more easily than before. Nonetheless, South Korea remains a virtual police state. The former general had hardly seized power when he pushed through martial law and placed many of his enemies under house arrest. To this day, the press is muzzled and the spreading of "black rumors" against...
...strikes last week that left the country's public transportion completely paralyzed. In response, troops opened fire on demonstrators, killing at least four people. Mobs blocked off routes leading to the capital of Port-au-Prince and erected barricades of burning garbage and tires. The government quickly imposed a curfew and canceled all commercial airline flights...
...forte is his great stick," B.C. Assistant Coach John Conceison says, "and his ability to steal the puck as well as his special team play and power-play contributions. He is the team leader, setting and enforcing curfew for the team. He's an all-around improved player...
...WELL in sunny Santiago--the terror is there; it is just waged after curfew. Subtler, more sophisticated, but just as deadly. The other thing that is not immediately apparent to the outsider is that this lovely city is less than half of Santiago, and the other half you will never...