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...noontime sun beat down on a weather-beaten throng of 20,000 assembled in the dusty market town of Casa Grande. Normally toiling in nearby sugarcane fields, the villagers stood in the withering heat waiting for an apparition from the sky. As a whining white air force helicopter came into view, the crowd spotted the broad, beaming face of President Alan García Pérez, waving a white handkerchief in greeting. "Alan!" thundered the crowd as the helicopter set down in a swirl of dust. "Alan! Alan...
...Nonetheless, the President has made conciliatory gestures toward the dissidents. At first he threatened to arrest anyone who circulated or signed the constitutional-amendment petition. He later relented, saying that he would permit their campaign if opponents agreed not to engage in street demonstrations. Last week, however, riot police stood on the sidelines, allowing protesters to parade freely through the street of seoul...
...undisguised anger," said Robert Reichley, vice president for university relations. He noted that Brown went to the police in the first place "because we believe that young women at Brown and elsewhere may be victimized as part of these activities, and we acted primarily to protect them." And he stood firm in defending the school's own from any unsubstantiated charges. "We intend to be very direct," said Reichley, "in protecting the reputation and the welfare of our students and also that of Brown University...
...reporting on Governor George Wallace's decision to retire [NATION, April 14], you fail to do him justice. History will place Wallace among America's statesmen. He stood up for states' rights and sought to counter a form of governmental oppression called regulation. Gary P. Hollis Lawrenceville...
...people burst through the police lines and stormed the Conservatory's Great Hall. Plainclothes and uniformed guards managed to grab a few of them, sending several sprawling. But many, perhaps most, raced past astonished ticket takers and ran upstairs to the balcony, where they crouched in the aisles and stood shoulder to shoulder against the walls. In a country that takes special pride in preserving public order, romantic exuberance rarely overwhelms regimentation so publicly. It was fitting for the occasion...