Word: shuts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ominous. Using lampposts and bicycle racks, bands set up barricades on the avenues leading into the heart of the city. Word spread of a military plot to deploy forces via the Beijing subway system, but the plan went awry when transit workers decided to back the striking students and shut down the power supply. "The people will win!" many exclaimed. Still, the presentiment of danger always lurked, and several dozen people reportedly were injured in clashes with police and troops. On one side of Beijing, flatbed trucks were seen filled with soldiers armed with AK-47 assault rifles. As military...
Then at 10 a.m. the government announced that all satellite dishes operated by foreign television networks would be shut off. Viewers around the world watched in amazement as the minutes ticked by, concerned that as soon as the plug was pulled, the crackdown would begin. By noon Saturday in Beijing, all live broadcasts had ceased...
Although permits require street performers to shut down after 10 p.m., police typically allow jugglers, musicians and the like to stay as long as the crowds do. Tonight, the call about the juggler forces police to evict all the entertainers...
...series of tough "challenges" on the city's problems, ranging from gang warfare to freeway gridlock. "We'll try not to let ((Bradley)) forget he's participating in an election, not a coronation," promised the newspaper. That threat did not sit well with Bradley. The Herald Examiner found itself shut out of the mayor's office: no press releases, no phone conversations, no personal contact -- an invitation, if there ever was one, for reporters to start scraping away at the Teflon. Result: three weeks before the election, the paper began running articles about the mayor's financial dealings...
...airlines are likely to be diminished even more with two venerable carriers, Eastern and Pan Am, on the verge of being swallowed up or dismantled. Eastern was losing more than $4 million a day when it entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy last March after a strike by its machinists virtually shut it down. The bankruptcy court has set a deadline for Eastern bids this week. And Pan Am seems to be running on fumes. Last week the once proud carrier said it lost $151 million during the first quarter, following a $73 million annual loss...