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Word: furred (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...clear-cut. Charged on 13 counts, including assault and inciting to riot during the summer eruptions, an uncharacteristically subdued Bernadette denied everything-save for having organized a defense brigade and having thrown "one stone." Throughout the trial, she never wore her blue jeans-and-boots barricade uniform, preferring fur-trimmed maxi outfits instead. Her language, too, had changed. During last summer's rioting, the prosecution charged, she had roared out: "The black bastards [police] are beaten -they're out of gas!" Said Bernadette demurely: "I imagine if I used such language in public, even fewer people would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Northern Ireland: Bernadette Becalmed | 1/5/1970 | See Source »

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