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...stubborn courage began to pay off. Marine, infantry and commando units moved into the city and, after wavering all night, declared their loyalty to him. Outmanned, the paratroopers fled. When a throng of civilians advanced on the palace waving "Diem Must Go" signs, the pro-Diem marines fired point-blank into the packed crowd, killing at least six and wounding dozens. Colonel Dong tried to flee aboard a DC-3 but was forced down and captured...
...final minutes, Crimson coach Bruce Munro emptied the bench. Items of interest were a miss from point-blank range by center forward Al Chang and inside Chris Martin's nearly implemented plan to take on the entire Terrier eleven...
...average daily agricultural wage: 60?). He outlawed unruly opposition parties, saw to it that persuasive opponents of the regime were jailed. Eight weeks ago Lemus got too tough even for El Salvador. When parading students protested a ban on public meetings, his police responded with clubs, fire hoses and point-blank rifle fire; boys were beaten and several girls were raped. Horrified by such excess and fearful of total, bloody revolt, the nation's respectable moderates organized a preventive coup...
...evidence, the prelates cited the lack of religious training in public schools and Munoz Marin's "antidemocratic attempt to limit clergy solely to religious functions." The bishops did not indicate what ecclesiastical penalties might be dealt out to the many islanders who presumably will ignore the prohibition. Asked point-blank if it would be a sin to violate the injunction, Archbishop Davis said it would...
With 7:30 left to play, Tufts' center forward Zoltan Szaly got off a low, hard shot from point-blank range...