Word: gately
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...watched the news that night--the 20 seconds or so devoted to Shoreham by the networks--those aren't the scenes that hit the screens. The focal point of the occupation attempt was the plant's front gate, right in front of most of the press, LILCO officials and police. That's where the only violence of the day took place, when about 15 youths (apparently unconnected with SHAD) decided they would like to storm the place. So they charged the gate repeatedly, kicking and bloodying the hands of LILCO employees who tried to hold it up, and eventually knocked...
...most seemed satisfied that they had. As the cameras continued to roll and dusk approached, the last groups went over the main gate. They had debated for two hours whether doing so might prove an unnecessary provocation because of the earlier incident. Almost all of the final 100 went limp and had to be dragged off are carried away on strechers. The crush of onlookers artificially heightened the tension, as policemen occasionally knocked down ladders or pushed protesters. But by then, people were more tired and wet than angry...
This is a dartboard of a spoof concerning all things theatrical. There are probably enough unemployed actors in Actors' Equity alone to keep off-Broadway's Village Gate comfortably tilled for some time to come. But it does not require that much stage expertise to relish the show. Any halfway knowledgeable theatergoer will find it thoroughly diverting in its breezy mixture of barbed sense and absurdist nonsense...
Lawrence Whittier Newell '04 will lead the traditional procession of seniors and alumni that will meet at 9:20 a.m. in the Old Yard between University Hall and Johnston Gate, and file into Tercentenary Theater for the morning exercises...
...Graham, looking haggard, stayed in Tallahassee, avoiding anti-death penalty protesters who blocked his outer office at the state capitol and who kept vigil at the front gate of his mansion, chanting "Bloody Bob! Bloody Bob!" Graham supports capital punishment as a deterrent, maintaining that it is "not inconsistent with Christian values." Said he, while signing the death warrants...