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Altinnik was walking out in front his head bowed: Ludmilla was holding him by the collar with her left hand and using her small right first to pound his head with all her might. On the other side of the street, the policeman with the pants tucked into his brown socks was bicycling slowly, taking in the whole scene...
...author remains detached but bemused, like that policeman...
Sunday, 3 p.m. A bunch of angry people with yellow press tags crowd the state press center. During the big assault on the south fence earlier in the day, some police seemed to take a special relish in macing reporters and photographers. For instance: policeman--who like the rest has removed his badge--approaches reporter, says, "That tag ain't going to help you a bit." Then pffft! The pain starts and the reporter's eyes begin to tear. Wait 'til you see tomorrow's paper, fellah...
...were groping about the turbid ice water for the submerged car door. They dragged one of the two women from the river and collapsed from overexposure. A month later they were to be commended for saving one woman's life. Not every day in the life of a University policeman is that memorable, but the fast response was a sign of a new and professional force--one that has created tension between the police and the Harvard administration...
...street musicians' sweetest reward. A Seattle group called Brandywine (violin, hammer dulcimer, guitar, bass) will always cherish the moment during the Fat Tuesday celebration when its galloping rendition of the William Tell Overture so inflamed a woman bystander that she bounded up onto a horse behind a mounted policeman. Hi-ho, Rossini...