The Ashes on the Lawn
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The Protesters' Strategy for Getting to the White House
The Romans called it the Kune, or the Wedge. The protesters formed a triangle with a couple of people up in front pointing directly at the mounted police. Behind them were all the people carrying the ashes. All you got to do is get the front of the triangle through the straight line of the enemy. That gave everyone else an opening to get through.
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