Word: teared
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most widespread protests in years. Waving Korean flags and chanting "Down with dictatorship!," one group beat police outside the huge Shinsegye department store. At the Roman Catholic Myongdong Cathedral in the heart of the city, protesters built barricades and hurled fire bombs at police, who advanced behind volleys of tear...
...city of Masan, some 200 miles from Seoul, tear gas drifted into a stadium where the Korean soccer team was playing Egypt's national squad, forcing a halt to the game. When 3,000 spectators shouted in anger, 500 officers entered the stadium and emptied it of fans. In all, nearly 4,000 demonstrators were detained nationwide...
...Masan, 187 miles south of Seoul, a soccer match between South Korea and Egypt was suspended today when the field was blanketed by tear gas fired by police at protesters, Yonhap said...
...Seoul, tens of thousands of protesters surged up and down main streets, throwing firebombs and stones and attacking police with sticks and clubs. Riot police repeatedly fired tear gas, and lines of officers behind shields attempted to drive the protesters back...
...reports. "We see a lot of runners sent to us with leg and back problems," says Bill Farrell, founder of the Metro Atlanta Walkers Club. "My shins would kill me after running," remembers Elly Christophersen, 30, now a devoted Manhattan walker. "From the standpoint of health and wear and tear on the body, race walking is much better...