Word: skirmisher
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...clubs. McGill had summoned the police only to disperse the demonstrators, but when the students started throwing rocks, eggs and bottles, about 35 patrolmen broke ranks and charged. Shaken at the sight, McGill ordered the charge halted. "Captain, get them out of here," he shouted. By the time the skirmish was over, there were 14 people injured and seven under arrest...
...stage of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion to accept a special Academy Award for "the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century." As the old comedian concludes his valedictory and ambles to the wings, an epoch will fade out. The ambivalent skirmish between Chaplin and the United States can be ended at last...
...Mount Hermon last week, the quiet of almond-blossom time was shattered by the whine of jets, the clatter of tank treads and the thunder of explosions. Israel continued its attacks on Palestinian guerrilla bases inside Lebanon (TIME, March 6), and the fighting there indirectly led to a skirmish on the Syrian border and at least temporarily deprived the fedayeen of one more base of operation against Israel...
...only a skirmish in the accelerating war over busing and, since 17 Senators were absent, the Senate position could be altered when the issue is reconsidered with an expected fuller attendance this week. But with President Nixon almost certain to propose antibusing measures of his own, the nation could be on the verge of a major retreat on school integration. However unsatisfactory and sometimes traumatic busing may be, the hard truth remains that until neighborhoods integrate, some transportation of pupils is necessary to achieve racially mixed schools...
...hopes of getting Ireland Prime Minister John Lynch's cooperation in curbing I.R.A. activities in the south virtually disappeared. Last week, reflecting the popular mood, charges were dropped in an Irish court against the leader of an eight-man Provisional I.R.A. team that allegedly fought a border skirmish with British troops last month. Boycotts of British goods have been reported throughout the Republic, and in some areas anti-British feeling is running so high that it could endanger Ireland's Common Market referendum this spring...