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ALTHOUGH "non-cooperation" was one of the day's many buzzwords, both sides had taken pains to avoid violence. After joining "affinity groups" of 10 to 20 people, all participants in the occupation attempt had received eight-hour training sessions in civil disobedience, with an emphasis on getting the point of the protest across without provoking police. There were strict groundrules: no alcohol, no drugs; no destruction of LILCO property, and above all, no running--that might cause panic...
Most of the arrests were made without incident. The protestors, who had taken eight-hour civil disobedience training courses, went limp in a few cases but for the most part stood passively while police fastened plastic strips that served as handcuffs and took them to police headquarters in Yatbank...
Last season ABC took its share of heat for Washington: Behind Closed Doors, a fictionalized twelve-hour mini-series about Watergate. ABC played fast and loose with historical facts: all names and most events were altered for the sake of heightening the White House horrors. In a new, eight-hour Watergate series, Blind Ambition, CBS has tried to profit from ABC's dilemma. A docu-drama adapted from John Dean's memoir (among other sources), Blind Ambition recites enough facts to satisfy the most literal and obsessive Watergate buff. Yet scrupulous accuracy does not necessarily make for good...
...middle of the eight-hour ride back, coach Dave Fish--a teetotaler--surprised the team by reversing the van's direction at one point, backtracking about a half-mile, and pulling into a little...
...game lasted only two hours and ten minutes, hardly a fair trade off for the hopes lodged in Thursday's eight-hour Odyssey to vengeful Ithaca...