Word: friday
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Before Jakes could fashion a response, events exploded. On Friday, Nov. 17, Prague riot police cracked down on student demonstrators. With his authority rapidly crumbling, Jakes launched a last-minute bid to crush the uprising. Advised by Czechoslovakia's military that it would take no part in a violent action against the populace, Jakes turned in desperation to the People's Militia, units composed mostly of factory workers that function in effect as the Communist Party's private army. Beginning Nov. 19, militia units were deployed at factory gates and inside industrial compounds around the country. Care was taken...
...convene an emergency session of the Central Committee. "It wasn't just the Central Committee; it was the regional party officials who were shouting for it," says Antonin Mlady, a factory foreman and member of the newly formed Politburo. Finally the Politburo overruled Jakes and called a meeting. On Friday, Nov. 24, the session opened in an austere hall in the Stalinist-era Party Political University on the outskirts of Prague. There, Jakes tried one last tactic to save his job: he proposed a new law that would permit freedom of assembly, thus legalizing the demonstrations that had brought Prague...
...lights--making up a "Veritas" emblem, modeled after dining hall cups, a Christmas tree and a "93" for the students' class year--were pulled down by a group of first-years leaving a party on Friday, according to a Hollis resident present at the incident...
Sure enough, Vukonich was jinxed. With 5:36 remaining in Friday's game, and Harvard trailing, 4-3, he was whistled for roughing...
Players of the Week:Offense: Ciavaglia. Friday, the junior center opened the scoring with a swift shot by ace Colgate goaltender Dave Gagnon, then fooled the Red Raiders with a last-second sucker play that gave Weisbrod a goal and the Crimson a 2-0 lead...