Word: spotting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...protests against military rule for the past several weeks. The army methodically sought out students whose names were on its lists. In the Rangoon suburb of North Okkalapa, soldiers went to the home of two students, made them come out and turn their backs, then shot them on the spot. Presumably similar atrocities took place elsewhere. At least 107 student leaders sought temporary asylum in southern Thailand. Others went underground and hinted at a more violent form of opposition. Said Min Ko Naing, a student leader in Rangoon: "We have stopped using our mouths to protest, and warn the group...
...finally, that you're walking on M Street (we are in Washington now), in need of relief, when you spot an amusement arcade called Station Break. Blessed salvation! Is this name not synonymous with the dash from the television to the bathroom? Step inside, put a quarter in the Xenophobe game so they can't tell you the rest rooms are for patrons only, then stride to the back, there to be greeted by this sign: 'SORRY!' NO RESTROOMS. Punctuation courtesy of the cosmic joker...
...jokers all come out when you need a rest room). The stalls in the men's room have no doors, half the lights are out, and there are too many people hanging around doing nothing in particular. Upstairs, the guards explain that the men's room is a favorite spot for sexual assignations. Another men's room, on the second floor, had to be closed when patrons of the nearby children's reading room complained about what they...
Alexandra P. Biryukova, the highest-ranking woman in the Soviet hierarchy, gained an alternate, or non-voting, Politburo spot, as did Anatoly I. Lukyanov and Interior Minister Alexander. V. Vlasov, the nation's top policeman...
...spot this summer about the campaign, one woman said, "I'm just going to vote for Dukakis because of his stand on abortion, but I really don't see much difference between...