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...P.L.O., Yasser Arafat's representative sent word at the last minute that he could not accept the building. When the crowd learned this, the waiting suddenly ended. "Down with Israel! . . . Long live the P.L.O.! . . . Allahu Akbar!" they shouted, as boys scaled the barrier to plant a Palestinian flag on top of the fence...
...example, taking one paper and burning it would certainly add symbolic value to a protest of the paper's content, in the same way that burning a flag might add symbolic value to a protest...
Will flying the PLO flag from a window be considered "intimidating" conduct to Israeli students" Will a prochoice rally that makes use of hangers dripping in red paint be intimidating to pro-lifers? How will the line be drawn between what is personally or politically offensive and what is objectively intimidating and discriminatory...
Because of the extra word "right," she is entitled to a special honor, she said: the flag over Canada's national capitol building will fly at half-mast the day she dies...
...fifth gold, in the 1,000-m race, made speed skater Bonnie Blair the most bemedaled competitor in U.S. women's Olympic history. After seven Olympic failures, Blair's fellow skater Dan Jansen set a world record in the 1,000-m race and got to carry the American flag in Sunday's closing ceremony. Norway's hometown boy, speed skater Johann Olav Koss, became the first athlete ever to win three golds with world-record times in one Games. Vreni Schneider of Switzerland won the women's slalom, becoming the first woman to win three Alpine gold medals...