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...confusion between the two that most often prompts criticism of the force. Whether blamed for not protecting students in confrontations with Cambridge police, or condemned for forcing homeless persons off warm ventilation grates, the police play a role most students greet with ambivalence--or worse...
Most decisive was the reaction of the security forces to Deng's directive. The chief of Beijing's Public Security Bureau reportedly tried to step down rather than suppress the demonstration. Finally, cooler heads prevailed, and a last-minute decision was made to greet the marchers with unarmed policemen...
Although the students were not allowed to speak during the service, church officials agreed to include the protestors' statements in the service bulletin. The students, wearing armbands, were also allowed to greet church-goers with banners and to speak to worshippers during the coffee break...
Once again the Nittany Lions journeyed up to Cambridge to greet Harvard on its return from its spring trip, only to be soundly thrashed yet again, 9-0, at the Palmer Dixon Courts. The Crimson was playing without the services of its top two players, Roger Berry and Mike Zimmerman, who were both resting with slight injuries sustained during the trip...
...afternoon of Oct. 18, 1988, two University of Nevada-Las Vegas basketball players, David Butler and Moses Scurry, walked through the casino at Caesars Palace and out to the pool to have lunch with a man they knew as Sam Perry. As Perry rose to greet the two, he drew a wad of cash from his pocket and peeled off a bill for each of them. "I gave them a hundred bucks, so what?" Perry told Art Ross, a professional coach who was sitting with Perry. "Everybody does it. It keeps them out of trouble...