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...fighters heard over the radio of the Beirut massacre. Outraged, some of the men set their tents on fire. About 100 of them had relatives in the two Beirut camps, and only a handful have since received news of their families. Arafat caused a near riot when he visited the camp in late September. The fighters mobbed him, out of frenzied enthusiasm. The P.L.O. leadership recognizes the seriousness of the situation at places like Mashtal el Bassatin. Says an official in Damascus: "These young men are a volcano waiting to explode...
KNEES. Along the streets of Nowa Huta, riot squads were out in force, prepared to move in with tear gas and water cannons if fresh demonstrations began...
...Solidarity supporters from coordinating activities with other groups across Poland, the generals quickly cut telephone and telex lines to the troubled port. Convoys of police and ZOMO, the paramilitary police force, roared into Gdansk, turning the city into an armed camp. When the strikes stretched on for two days, riot police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse crowds that gathered on the square outside the shipyard. As flames lighted the night sky, police battled youths who blockaded streets with bonfires and trash cans...
...whose humanitarian reforms inspired warm tributes from many of his inmates as well as imitation by other penologists; of a stroke; in Walnut Creek, Calif. Born and raised within San Quentin's gates as the son of a guard, Duffy took over "Q" after five riot-filled years. He abolished airless, dungeon-like cells and physical punishments, fired guards for cruelty, and introduced such unheard-of civilities as a night school, a cafeteria and an inmate-staffed newspaper. The author of three semi-autobiographical books and the inspiration for a movie (Duffy of San Quentin), he campaigned ceaselessly against...
...domestic front, the regime's calculation proved correct. Although some leaflets appeared in the capital urging Solidarity supporters to demonstrate before the parliament building, Poles seemed reluctant to go into the streets again in the wake of the Aug. 31 riots, when five died in bitter clashes with security forces. Taking no chances, the government had already bivouacked hundreds of extra riot police in downtown Warsaw hotels, but most citizens heeded the advice of Solidarity's underground leaders to refrain from violence...