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...moment, were the police. They had apparently thought that the permit to march to Harvard Square was a ruse and prepared for assaults on M. I. T. and the Cambridge Draft Board. When the march entered. the policemen in the Square were very few-and very scared. Marchers seemed almost stunned by the fact that they were alone in Harvard Square. The sound truck, having shepherded the marchers safely to the target, turned and scooted down Arrow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Word From the Soundtruck Was 'Go All the Way to Harvard Square' | 4/20/1970 | See Source »

...other passengers for inconveniences. Then they had second thoughts and asked for proof. They wanted to see pictures of North Korean Premier Kim II Sung and a Pyongyang newspaper, both items that are forbidden in sternly anti-Communist South Korea. After a short delay, the skyjackers saw through the ruse. "During that moment," said one stewardess later, "they were very excited and looked very fearful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: Samurai Skyjackers | 4/13/1970 | See Source »

...Eagle's stack, and the freighter took off at its top speed of about 19 knots. Some thought it had to be a bad joke. Only a few surmised the real truth: the Columbia Eagle had been taken over by mutineers; the abandon-ship signal had been a ruse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The High Seas: Mutiny by Ruse | 3/30/1970 | See Source »

...beach, un? ??teful to have escaped the six-degree ?? ?sed to ice my teeth. While I walked ?? ?hing long-haired girl, someone who ?? all like me shuffled through Memorial ?? ?abbed the registration envelope bearing ?? Because the registrars eyes are no sharper ?? have been for the last two years, the ruse ?? again...

Author: By James M. Fallows president, | Title: ???hot | 2/3/1970 | See Source »

Wood charged that the University's labelling of the students "peace breakers," was, "a trick, a ruse, a ploy that has always been used against those who bring the bad news." OBU's actions at Harvard have been "good news to the black community." Wood said, and "Harvard's response to our legitimate demands is unexpected pad news...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OBU Actions Backed By Floyd McKissick In Mem Church Rally | 12/15/1969 | See Source »

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