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...Communist troops moved through Thanh My hurling various sorts of explosives-grenades, satchel charges and homemade devices called "Chicom grenades," which are fashioned from Coca-Cola cans filled with plastique or TNT, rocks and nails. Explosives dumped into one large bunker killed 24 persons. "When the V.C. came, they shot every house," says Hoan Than Tick, 56, a resident who escaped. "When people ran, they shot them too. Then they threw grenades into the bunkers...
Corrupt and Doomed. Taking their cue from right-wing racists who used to keep blacks down with TNT, whites and blacks of the lunatic left have begun using explosives to produce sound effects and shock waves in their campaign to unnerve a society that they regard as corrupt and doomed. Schools, department stores, office buildings, police stations, military facilities, private homes-all have become targets. So far, miraculously, fatalities have been relatively few. One small slip, however -or one bloodthirsty bomber-could run up a death toll that could easily rival a week's total in Viet...
Saddest of all, playing at revolution is not really necessary. Many effective resources for reform are available-the courts, public opinion, peaceful demonstrations, the ballot. These vehicles are far less spectacular than TNT, but more effective in the long run. By changing the nation's mind rather than blowing it, those who seek to remake the world would at least have some chance of success...
...changed offices last fall, and today acquaintances who want to get in touch with him are told to dial the answer to the question "What do you use to blast your way through the ice, Amundsen?" Those still interested in making the call can reach him at TNT BYRD...
Chicago Hospitality. Obviously well briefed on this legal point, Daley kept his TNT temper hidden. At times he glowered. During a recess. Defendant Abbie Hoffman said to Daley: "Why don't we just settle it right here and now? What is it with all these lawyers, anyway?" The mayor merely laughed. Though he stared stolidly past Kunstler during much of the questioning, Daley replied courteously when he had the chance to answer at all -which was rare. Prosecutor Thomas Foran repeatedly objected to Kunstler's questions, and Judge Hoffman sustained Foran's position 70 times. When Kunstler...