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| Ukraine Police Back Off After Failing to Stop Protest |
"What was she like, your wife?" said Julia.
KIEV, Ukraine----Security forces pulled back Wednesday from the Ukrainian capital's main square and government buildings after a failed effort overnight to end the weekslong protest that has left the country in its worst political crisis in nearly a decade.
"She was----do you know the Newspeak word goodthinkful? Meaning naturally orthodox, incapable of thinking a bad thought?"
Riot police wearing black helmets and carrying shields had pushed through makeshift barricades early Wednesday and were met by hundreds of protesters, some wearing orange hard hats, who had hastily gathered to defend the encampment.
"No, I didn't know the word, but I know the kind of person, right enough."
While scuffles broke out between police and some demonstrators and opposition lawmakers, the security forces kept their clubs at their sides and didn't resort to the violence seen during a crackdown on Nov. 30 that had served to strengthen the protests' momentum.
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