Word: lot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...into your sleeping bag. The Guard are down on the railroad tracks--30 of them 20 yards away--in helmets. They don't want to talk, they just want to stand there, and you sleep. You believe now; but in a way you still don't, and in a lot of ways you'd rather forget...
Paul C. Martin, professor of Physics and guest member of the committee, said yesterday Physics concentrators should only be allowed one half-year course exemption in the Core Sciences area. Martin said "There are a lot of things they could be exempted from in principle," but he declined to specify possible exemptions...
...fell back off of the storage lot and sat down around the edge. People were crying; some were shouting. After about 10 minutes people made peace signs with their hands, and everyone went quiet. I linked arms with Carol and a man next to me. My face had stopped burning. I was calm. We sat silently for two minutes and then began to sing softly. Two busloads of national guardsmen marched out to reinforce the line that faced us. I saw Adam and George in the front line and Sarah behind them. I knew they would passively resist dispersal...
...protesters. We were Maced, beaten, hosed and poked. Each time, we rallied and stood together. People calmed each other, holding those who were hysterical, treating those who were hurt. When our goal to shut down Seabrook appeared unattainable, we adopted a more realistic one--to occupy the storage lot, to cost the state of New Hampshire as much as we could, and to get as much publicity as possible. Just getting arrested hadn't worked. Three Mile Island hadn't made enough people think. We had to attempt to stop it ourselves, and we would do it by our methods...
...paper, Brown was a stronger team; but we played a smarter game," Scalise said. "Conditioning was a major factor because even though they were pressuring us, we were able to beat them to the ball a lot...