Word: sides
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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IMAGINE for a moment a newspaper whose circulation is limited to members of Nixon's Cabinet plus the Weathermen, or to a random sampling of soldiers on either side of the DMZ. The you will have some idea of what it is like to put out a newspaper in a university at war. Anyone who has ever written a news story knows that the subjects of the story almost always complain about the results. That is usually a good sign, since the reporter tries to get a more detached view than any of the participants. And most newspapers are usually...
...editorial can exert some??le over its readers: on obscure or confused ?? can dig up new facts to educate and person issues that are already well-known, it ca??t a particularly elegant argument to win??ers; and when struggles get to the point of up firepower on each side, the paper can its collective weight to one of the teams...
...defense attorney rose to call his first witness of the morning. Through a side door a black man with an Afro haircut entered the room. His friends, the defendants, immediately rose and joyfully shouted, "Bobby!" Bobby Seale, former defendant, was back in the courtroom, this time as a witness. His manner was mocking in its overpoliteness, and he managed to interject a few comic remarks despite the close observation of the judge and prosecution...
...rape attempt was more dramatic. On the other side of the square, a drunken marine spotted a young refugee with his wife. Neither could have been much more than 20, and they clung together, very frightened. The marine demanded the wife and was about to make off with her when a marine lieutenant happened by. The lieutenant pulled out his .45 and shot the soldier in the foot. Neither rape nor looting is condoned by Nigerian officers. One marine was shot to death on the spot when he was found raping an Ibo girl near the Owerri radio station...
...Commander A. P. Diete-Spiff, military governor of Rivers State, married Miss Ethel Potts-Johnson, also of Rivers State. The wedding cake, shaped like a ship, was flown in from Lagos. The wedding dinner for 100 guests included two suckling pigs, three turkeys, 30 cold chickens, eight ducks, one side of roast beef, two goats on a spit, 30 chickens on a spit, various fresh salads, charlotte russe, three dozen bottles of vintage champagne, three cases of Scotch. Among the guests was Lieut. Colonel Phillip Effiong, the last leader of Biafra...