Word: tearing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When some 5,000 workers descended on the big, modern church of San Francisco de Asis last week for just such a meeting, police ordered them to disperse. They refused, and riot squads began lobbing tear gas and smoke bombs near-some say into-the church. In panic and anger, the crowd spilled out of windows and doors. The police shot into the crowd with small arms and machine guns; they contend that the workers attacked them. As news of the dead and wounded spread through the city, hundreds of people rioted, tearing down traffic lights, breaking shop windows...
Sanders hardly helped to resolve this matter by making a guessing game out of who would start each game. Carey's situation is a case in point. After opening the season on a scoring and rebounding tear, the senior forward suddenly found himself receiving less and less playing time. As his on-court time decreased, so, naturally, did his statistics, which in turn led to an even greater decrease in playing time...
...Carter has betrayed you and acts like Benedict Arnold. With friends like Carter the South has no need of enemies. He gives every indication of supporting the religious minority moral values that will ultimately tear this country apart similar to Lebanon...
...demanding that the cap be removed. In addition, he opened negotiations last month asking for a $2.50-an-hour increase, spread over three years, in the truckers' minimum wage, which currently averages $7.11 nationwide. Chicago Teamster officials, who in the past have forced the national leadership to tear up newly negotiated contracts and bargain for higher terms, have indicated that this year they will follow Fitzsimmons' lead. So the likelihood of a strike after the contract expires on March 31 is slim...
Sloppy Crimson sets and erratic back-court passing enabled Yale's precision front line to humble Harvard, 15-19. The Elis' Ron Walradt made three diving "gets" during Yale's scoring tear to demoralize the Johns...