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...their families crowd in and out of shops, housewives wearing scarves over the inevitable hair curlers. In Koza, the nearest large town to the Kadena base, there are numerous bars, such as the Night Queen, Cabaret Aloha and U.S. Club, and few nights go by without at least one fistfight involving overloaded Americans and Okinawans. Not quite as visible, but equally pervasive, is American control of Okinawan affairs. Except for Berlin, Okinawa stands as the last occupied territory of World...
Last week the L.B.J. completed the list with its first serious riot. The trouble was set off by a fistfight between two prisoners. When guards went in to break it up, the prisoners crashed out into the central compound containing the mess hall, administration buildings and the solitary-confinement cells (which are converted shipping containers). As the wooden buildings broke into flames, 100 M.P.s marched into the stockade with night sticks and tear gas. By the time the gas cleared, one prisoner was dead, his skull crushed, 23 were hospitalized, and 35 more needed treatment for lesser wounds. In addition...
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...been playing nice relaxed basketball too often," he said, "and now we've got to take an un-Harvard approach to the game." "To play good basketball we should be on the verge of a fistfight like we were during the last Yale game," he said...
...seven-day polling period began last week for India's fourth general election in its 20 years of independence, the average Indian made his foray to the polls either a festival or a fistfight. In countless villages, voting day became the occasion for fairs and native dances. But, as Indians in record numbers cast their ballots, there was also an ugly upsurge in violence, which had earlier marred the campaigning. From Kerala to Kashmir, hundreds were injured in scores of clashes between supporters of different parties. At least twelve died, including an 18-year-old girl who burned herself...