Word: teared
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...clashes between drunken fans and overzealous police on the Champs Elysées. During what was supposed to be a celebration of the global tournament, security-minded gendarmes pushed the crowd behind a maze of barriers. Several hundred local supporters started throwing bottles, and riot troops responded with tear gas. With 34 injured and 50 arrested, it was a scene that made the City of Lights look more like Jakarta...
...crowd of 3,000 demonstrators marches from a 100,000-person demonstration on Boston Common towards Harvard Square. The crowd becomes violent as it nears the Square, setting fire to two buildings and two police cars, breaking windows and looting stores. Four hours later, police use clubs and tear gas to end the riot, leaving more than 200 people--including 35 Harvard students--in need of hospitalization. Estimated damages to the Square exceed...
Four riots result in the use of tear gas by Cambridge police and cause more than $10,000 worth of damages to local stores...
After several relatively peaceful months,tensions on campus erupt once again in April. Onthe 18th, anti-war demonstrators in Boston marchto Cambridge and ransack the CFIA building,breaking windows and causing $20,000 to $25,000 indamages. Fifty riot-equipped police use tear gasand sweep the Square in order to end thedisturbance...
...many people, the most emblematic college memory is talking philosophy with friends late into the night. For me, it was being tear-gassed in Harvard Square...