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Word: nlf (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stubbly field, a crowd in gas masks and padding masses, many carrying shields with "NLF" spraypainted on the front. Across the clearing stand uniformed men with four-foot super-nightsticks in their hands, their backs to the towering construction site that will someday be the Seabrook Nuclear Generating Station. Shields in hand, protesters charge, slashing at the fence with boltcutters, tugging at it with grappling hooks. A stream of mace comes from the other side, where National Guard and state police beat at the shields and try to grab the cutters. Within minutes, a pepperfogger arrives and tear gas clouds...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Seabrook: The Vegetable Garden War | 5/27/1980 | See Source »

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