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...martial-law regime of General Wojciech Jaruzelski, eager to maintain order as it prepared for the visit of Pope John Paul II next month, was ready for trouble. Hundreds of helmeted riot policemen, each carrying a 24-inch white rubber baton filled with lead balls, had sealed off the area. They were supported by dozens of militia trucks, water cannons and armored personnel carriers. "Disperse!" boomed a shrill voice over a bullhorn. Shortly thereafter, the police attacked the crowd. Militiamen struck indiscriminately, beating an old woman with their sticks and kicking a plump man in work pants who had been...
...keen eye for detail may prove sufficient to detect deceit. Benjamin notes that in the West parchment was used exclusively until about the year 1150. Next came two types of rag paper. One was laid paper, formed by being stretched across wires that left visible lines spaced about an inch apart. It was in common use until about 1800. The other was wove paper, in which the fibers can be seen by the trained eye. It was used consistently after 1800. Benjamin has seen only two authentic autographs by George Washington written on wove paper. By 1860 wood-pulp paper...
...began in the Gulf of Mexico and caused the worst floods in 20 years in parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. An estimated 30,000 people, 25,000 from Louisiana alone, were evacuated as up to 20 in. of rain fell, sometimes at a rate of more than an inch an hour...
DIED. Gloria Swanson, 84, quintessential symbol of movie glamour for seven decades; of heart disease; in New York City. Early on, Swanson said, "I will be every inch and every moment the star! Everybody, from the studio gateman to the highest executive, will know it." Even when she was in eclipse, everybody did. She got her Hollywood start in Mack Sennett comedies, followed by a series of naughty sex farces. Ambitious for more varied roles, Swanson formed a production company in 1927, which numbered among its backers Joseph P. Kennedy (with whom she claimed to have had an affair...
...thinclads had greater success in the other field events, which were held indoors because of the dismal weather. Co-Captain Gus Udo saw his overseas ticket go to Bulldog Doug Wiggins when Wiggins leaped a quarter of an inch longer than Udo in the long jump, but Udo came right back to lead a Crimson sweep of the triple jump...