Word: rioting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...article by Burton F. Jablin which was printed in the March 7 issue of The Harvard Crimson is one of the most one-sided I have seen concerning the circumstances surrounding the riot in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on December 10 last year. Jablin leaves out many important facts and misrepresents others...
...guerrilla spokesman, calling himself "Commandante Numero Uno," warned that the terrorists would begin "executing the hostages as a security measure" if soldiers and riot police near the embassy compound were not withdrawn by the Colombian government. After several sporadic exchanges of gunfire, the shooting quieted down, and both sides settled in for what could become a long siege. Vowed the self-styled commandante: "We're prepared to stay here one or two months if necessary...
...were being boxed in by the riot trucks on one side and by a thin line of riot troops in full gear on the other side. When the people in the crowd on the sidelines saw the police attacking us, they rushed to our aid and pushed the riot police back, and they (the police) were scattered all over. I could see the flicker of fear in their eyes; they (the police) didn't really want to fight. They moved back very quickly," Linda Gail Arrigo, believed to be the only American to take part in the demonstration and wife...
...about 10 p.m., as the organizers began trying to disperse the rally, "the riot police trucks arrived and smashed into the crowd," Arrigo said. In his report to the House, Rep. Leach said confrontations between government authorities and demonstrators continued until early morning. "What we saw, I think, was a tremendous anger at the authorities, perhaps more than I would have expected. We saw a tremendous rise in 'Taiwan consciousness' and a real cry against martial law," Arrigo said. "I would say that it was a major step forward in strengthening the identity of the Taiwan people, but whatever will...
...want to see King Lear. The play is lost in this riot of effects. Gallons of poetry get tossed aside in buckets, muttered irreverently, spoken upstage, bellowed deafeningly into microphones, and whispered into nothingness. Too often Sellars's cast splashes sloppily through the Shakespeare. Action overtakes language so that wrestling matches, gouged eyes and rock-throwing dominate the play...