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...that are supposedly part of NATO'S front-line defense. Yet the Pentagon's $20 billion facilities in that country are woefully obsolete and inadequate. The maintenance backlog for U.S. forces in West Germany has reached $1.3 billion. Soldiers live and work in conditions that could cause riots in U.S. prisons. The G.I.s, fortunately, do not riot. They just quit the Army at the end of their tours. When the plum job of command sergeant major opened at scenic, historic Heidelberg, the first three men chosen left the military rather than take the assignment. Those who stay often...
...past, revering its history, requiring homage to its traditions, never questioning its prerogatives. But in the 104th year of "The Championships upon the lawns of The All England Club," the unthinkable finally happened: Wimbledon came under attack. Players criticized the conduct of the tournament, fans erupted into a near riot, and a government committee challenged the privileges of the All England Club. The grande dame of tennis was, in short, told that she had become a bit tatty and changes would have to be made...
That painful legislative scene was more than matched by the violence that erupted last week in front of the civic parliamentary building in West Berlin. Thousands of youths, some armed with rocks and Molotov cocktails, clashed fiercely with police in a ten-hour riot that one West German television reporter luridly described as "resembling civil war." At least 76 policemen were injured. The ugly confrontation resulted from the eviction of housing squatters from several abandoned West Berlin buildings...
Your picture of the overcrowded cell in the Illinois Correctional Center looked great to me. I spent two years living in a cramped berthing area on board a Coast Guard cutter. There was nothing we could do to change our conditions. We didn't dare riot...
...path to what she called the "emotional reconstruction" of the city also proved thorny. In short order, Feinstein had to contend with "the White Night Riot," a violent demonstration that pitted gays against police. Then there were conflicts with the police department that led to the firing of popular Police Chief Charles Gain, a citywide teachers' strike and problems with the city's transportation union. Feinstein's cool head, fair but tough negotiating style and politically adroit appointments won her enough favor among the city's diverse ethnic and interest groups to let her be elected...