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Facing widespread disorders and opposition demands for his resignation, Bhutto clamped martial law on Karachi, Hyderabad and Lahore, three of Pakistan's largest cities. A round-the-clock curfew was in effect there and in Lyallpur and troops had orders to shoot to kill all violators. The government's get-tough tactics seemed only to infuriate its opponents-and trouble its supporters...
Pakistan's three largest cities, Karachi, Lahore and Hyderabad, have been under martial law for three days, and the government has imposed censorship on all news reports...
...widespread satisfaction with the results. As one State Department official put it, "Indian democracy worked-and with a vengeance." Although careful not to gloat, a Carter Administration official said he found it "refreshing to see so many people opt for freedom in what amounts to a referendum against martial law." Perhaps the most enthusiastic response of all came from New York's Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the former U.S. Ambassador to India (1973-75). He introduced a resolution in the Senate to "congratulate the free people of the Republic of India" for successfully holding "the largest democratic elections...
...hostage a dozen leading businessmen and members of Somoza's government, including his Foreign Minister and ambassador to Washington. Swallowing his pride, Somoza negotiated the ministers' release, paid the guerrillas $1 million, and let them and 15 imprisoned FSLN members fly to Cuba. But then he declared martial law, which is still in force, and set out to crush the Sandinistas, who have received support, training and some arms from Castro's Cuba...
Working with a grant from the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association, Fish is drawing partly from the Asian martial arts to construct a new kind of athletic program dealing with things like muscle awareness and concentration...