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...Korean soldiers brutalized the civilians -for example, by wiping out entire hamlets in retaliation for losing a single soldier to a Viet Cong sniper. One of the few incidents to be confirmed was in October 1969, when eyewitnesses said that they saw uniformed Koreans enter a temple in Phan Rang and murder four Buddhist monks. The South Vietnamese government absolved the Koreans, saying that a captured Communist soldier had confessed that he and some comrades had dressed in Korean uniforms and killed the monks...
...audience began to stiffen when Act II brought on a male chorus dressed in black uniforms, strongly resembling Hitler's SS troops. As Tannhäuser lay dying at the end and cries of "Hallelujah!" rang out, 345 klieg lights lit up the theater, and instead of pilgrims, the audience saw a stageful of workmen glaring at them, raising clenched fists like a mob in a social protest play...
Newsmen in the Midwest and Washington had been aware for years of rumors that Eagleton had experienced fits of depression and drinking, but proof had always been lacking. While Hoyt was en route to St. Louis, Eagleton's hometown, the phone rang in the office of John S. Knight III, editorial writer for the Detroit Free Press and grandson of the chain's editorial chairman. The caller seemed "very nervous," and said that he was a McGovern supporter. But he knew that Eagleton had been treated for mental disorders, and thought the fact should be publicized early...
...previous night sipping gins and tonic and wisecracking with his aides to ease the tension. His lame jokes were not half so funny as the fact that he was wearing unmatched shoes. The next morning he paced his hotel room like a caged cat, twitching each time the telephone rang. By 2 p.m. he had grown testy and was convinced that he had been bypassed. Then, at 3:30 p.m., the call came. Hanging up, he embraced his wife Barbara and exclaimed: "It's great! It's great...
...aspect of South Main St., the hardest hit commercial area of town, was a ragged by persistent burglar alarm in the Bell Furniture Store which someone had accidently touched off in reopening the building. The alarm, which ran off its own power supply, always seemed about to die, but rang on in loud starts throughout the day. The crews of employees cleaning out shops along the street ignored the sound, however, just as they ignored everything except the immediate task at hand, putting from their minds the enormity of the struggle ahead...