Word: eights
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that it was blowing their way, a faction of the sundered Students for a Democratic Society known as "The Weatherman" took to Chicago's streets last week in a desperate attempt to re-ignite the violence that marked the Democratic National Convention, One lure was the trial of eight radicals accused of conspiring to incite the 1968 upheaval. But the youngsters had a selection of excuses for agitation: the second anniversary of Che Guevara's death, their avowed goal of "bringing the war home," the desire to upstage more moderate modes of protest...
...four years, Virginia's Prince Edward County had closed its public schools to avoid integration. Instead, white private schools were set up and carried on with the help of public funds. Negroes sued to reopen the public schools. When the case reached Haynsworth's court, he waited eight months before writing a majority opinion that told the Negroes to wait for state court decisions before asking for federal court action. In dissent, one of Haynsworth's fellow judges called the situation "a truly shocking example of the law's delays." The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed...
...Time after time Marshall and his fellow marauders-Gary Larsen, Alan Page and Carl Eller-blasted through the Green Bay line to dump Starr or force him to throw hurried, errant passes. Starr's longest completion of the day went for only 13 yds., and he was leveled eight times by the Viking line for a total loss of 63 yds. The Viking line also forced two fumbles and a pass interception that led to the only Minnesota touchdown of the afternoon. Final score: Minnesota 19 (including four field goals), Green...
...scattered sampling revealed that attendance in undergraduate classes which met was less than a quarter of normal. Only eight students. for example, instead of the usual 20 or 30 attended Government 136 ("Introduction to Political Economy...
...around the B.U. goal Emmanuel Ekama, center half, scored at 5:17 of the first period on a long free kick that eluded the Terrier goalie. From that point on, Harvard's scoring was done by Christos Papagianis and Bobby Auritt. Center forward Papaginis scored five goals, giving him eight in two games, and Auritt, the right wing scored twice and had four assists...