Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...township began Saturday, Feb. 15, as thousands of mourners were returning from the funerals of two local blacks. It is uncertain how the disturbances began, but within moments blacks were hurling stones at police, who counterattacked with tear-gas canisters. The violence quickly escalated. By Monday the turbulence had spread to the outskirts of the township, where black youths peppered local factories with Molotov cocktails...
Cable services could spread information and entertainment throughout the city and the university. However, important considerations of cost and demand "may prevent many of the committees' dreams from coming true," says Pandiscio...
...despite the opposition from above, P-9 is refusing concession offers. Whether it can actually succeed in reaching its demands is questionable. Pickets have spread beyond the Minnesota base to Hormel plants in Ottumwa, lowa and Dallas, Texas. But the top national union leaders refusal to support local strategies may hurt...
...paltry $67,000 spread over 235 transactions, the shop in Birmingham's West End was able to rake in goods valued at some $2 million. On the list: 113 automobiles, four motorcycles, firearms, musical instruments, vacuum cleaners, window fans, chain saws, space heaters, clocks, credit cards, shoes, boots, digital weighing scales and an American flag a thief used to wrap booty...
Haseltine advocated education about the disease beginning in the junior highschools as a means of slowing the spread of the disease...