Word: tearing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...attempted to organize a rally at Orlando Stadium, Soweto's main sports arena. As the placard-waving students−perhaps 10,000 strong−approached the stadium, they were blocked by a contingent of black police, led by white officers. Trying to disperse the students, the police used tear gas and then fired into the air. Only then−acting in self-defense, police officials insisted−did the troopers fire directly into the rampaging mob; one 13-year-old black boy was killed and several people were wounded...
...Control. Reinforced by antiriot squads and attack-dog units, police sealed off the township; army helicopters flew over Soweto dropping tear-gas canisters on the crowd. By this time, though, the students were out of control; scores of cars and at least one beer truck were set afire; libraries and even health clinics were stoned. As darkness fell, adults joined the youths in looting stores. The death total for the day was estimated at 25; some of the victims, police said, were killed by what they called "freelance vandals," which could well be true, since Soweto...
...battle that destroys his fortunes against Octavius Caesar, it is not that he has totally lost valor, but that being anywhere but with her is the severest loss he can contemplate. When her eyes water in remorse, he chides her with his undaunted love: "Fall not a tear, I say; one of them rates all that is won and lost...
...measuring his words carefully, "I know I cannot run for President now, and I've accepted that. It took a certain discipline, an adjustment, but I've settled this with myself. It's just not possible with my family situation. I'm not going to tear myself up about this. It would be destructive. My career is now in the Senate...
Steinbrenner doesn't like fights, though. He refused to let the Stadium, a public facility, be used for a Frazier-Foreman fight this summer because it would allegedly tear up the infield grass too much. The fight promoter then told the press that Steinbrenner wore a toupee. So the Yankee owner, concerned by this assault on his image, told the broadcaster on Sunday to pull his hair to "see if it is a purple wig." The Yankee-paid Messer dutifully announced that it "feels real to me," as the camera focused on the Yankee team taking the field...