Word: midnight
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fell to the police to disperse the marchers. They began by trying to wrest an Italian flag from the column leaders, and in the scuffle they began swinging rifle butts and truncheons (see NEWS IN PICTURES). The Triestini counterattacked with a hail of paving stones. By midnight about 15 rioters had been hurt, scores arrested...
...lifted, criticism of the government was allowed, and an opposition political committee (though it could not call itself a party) was permitted to campaign. It contested 28 of the 120 seats in the National Assembly, all held by Dictator Antonio de Oliveira Salazar's boys. Then, precisely at midnight one day last week, the "political campaign" was declared at an end, and Portugal turned back into one man's pumpkin. "Silence! Silence!" said the final campaign headline in the opposition newspaper, Republica. "Portugal returns to her sad fate...
...charge will be pro-rated on monthly bills. Bills issued today will cover service up to midnight, Wednesday...
Several solicitors have quit collecting early in order to submit their totals to the drive's treasurer before midnight. This practice has cut into House totals and endangered the campaign's success...
...deadline for obtaining stickers was midnight last night, but they are still available today. Drivers must bring their registration to the inspection stations...