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...during the visit, the best the Pope could come up with by way of denouncing the brutality, slavery and genocide initiated by Columbus--in many cases, in the name, and with the justification of the Church--was that the Vatican tried to restrain the troops' excesses...
Bush also clashed with a congressional majority over a proposed law that would restrain cable-television rates and spur competition within cable systems; the Senate last week voted 74 to 25 to pass the bill. Bush charges that it will impose unnecessary government regulation on the industry. Nicholas Calio, White House aide for legislative affairs, said, "This schedule was written for political purposes, and no one in Congress can deny that...
...economic boom that has helped loosen the military's grip may also indirectly restrain more attempts by the generals to hang on through violence -- they have as much to lose as anyone else. Not the least reason King Bhumibol was able to broker last week's compromise was a growing fear on both sides that continued bloodshed would severely damage the economy by frightening away tourists and foreign investors. It simply is not as easy for the military to maintain control of the affluent and educated Thailand of today as it was in the simpler peasant society that the nation...
...FATAL RETREAT: It was shortly after 5:30 on the fateful afternoon of April 29 when a still containable riot turned into a rout. Roughly 25 police officers were trying to restrain an angry crowd at an intersection in South Central L.A.; an attempt to make arrests prompted shouts, rock throwing and pushing and shoving between the police and the mob. An amateur videotape taken at the scene recorded a voice shouting over the police loudspeaker, "I want everybody out of here. Florence and Normandie. Everybody. Get out. Now." As the outnumbered police drove off, the rioting roared...
...board of rights found him guilty on four counts of using excessive force. But before the trial, he broke ranks with his three fellow officers. On the stand he testified that they were "out of control" on the night of the beating. He claimed that he had tried to restrain them. Lies, countered two other officers, who said Briseno had told them himself that there was no misconduct involved...