Word: sidewalk
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sixth-grade teacher at P.S. 124 had been a robust baritone named Miss Kegan. That first day at P.S. 40 they gave us the afternoon off. The first thing we did was line up on the sidewalk across from P.S. 124, chanting "Mary Ann Kegan" up at the windows in an outburst of affectionate disrespect...
...rebels, drunk and high on hemp, chose their victims for the night. Jean de Gotte, Belgian honorary consul in Paulis, watched in horror: "The first dozen were bound, hands and feet tied together behind their backs-trussed like chickens. They were taken outside and dumped on the sidewalk. Five white fathers were stripped of their cassocks and their beards were cut off. Mr. Tucker was first. They hit him across the face with a beer bottle and blinded him. Then they beat him slowly, down the spine, with rifle butts and sticks. Every time he squirmed they...
...wind blows the kids together like discarded gum wrappers at a Buenos Aires sidewalk cafe. Off they go to the rooftop terrace of a skyscraper apartment building for an afternoon and night of drinking, violence, sadistic games, partner swapping and halting homosexual overtures...
...hope those urban planners make allowance for such little things as sidewalk cafes and coffeehouses where pedestrians can relax over a 25? cup of espresso for an hour or two, absorbing all this renewal...
...presidential Cadillac, hooting at Illia and cheering for De Gaulle and Perón. At one point, the surging crowd jammed the handlebar of an escorting motorcycle through the Cadillac's left rear window, slightly cutting Illia. The limousine carrying the First Ladies was forced onto the sidewalk. An hour later, rioting broke out again near where De Gaulle was to lunch. This time, police submachine guns sprayed bullets over the crowd. Tear gas filled the square. Fire hoses broke up charging groups while police and firemen were pelted by stones. The toll: 26 injured, six by gunshot...