Word: curfew
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...military battalions to assist local police, blend almost imperceptibly into a pattern of martial law. By act of Congress, the federal government might have declared martial law this week in the District of Columbia. But why bother? The President could have more easily have announced a 24-hour curfew that would almost void every safeguard in the Bill of Rights. Such a momentous step requires no statutory authority and needs no legal warrant other than the President's good faith. It would be possible to challenge this catch-all power only if the government had proclaimed a discriminatory curfew...
...with a bayonet. Colonel Abudl Hai, a Bengali physician attached to the East Bengal Regiment, was allowed to make a last phone call to his family; an hour later his body was delivered to his home. An old man who decided that Friday prayers were more important than the curfew was shot to death as he walked into a mosque...
...points: the district police headquarters, the government office building, the VHP radio transmitter and the Zilla school for boys. Most of the sleeping townspeople did not realize what had happened until 5:30 a.m., when Jeeploads of soldiers with bullhorns drove through the empty streets announcing that a total curfew was to begin 30 minutes later...
Kushtia remained calm for 48 hours while the curfew was in effect, although seven persons-mostly peasants who arrived in town unaware of what had happened-were shot to death for being found in the streets. The curfew was lifted on the morning of March 28, and the townspeople began to organize a resistance immediately...
...harshness of Mrs. Bandaranaike's response showed how seriously she regarded the threat. She adjourned Parliament, ordered a 24-hour curfew and sent out her 13,000-man police force and 11,000-man army to crush the uprising. Armored units swept the road between Colombo and Kandy, and air force planes bombed a bridge and textile factory that rebels were holding...