91.   One of the protesters, Muhammed Aman, told The Associated Press that the demonstration was peaceful and the police gunfire was unprovoked.

92.   On this front, the United States can take comfort only in the fact that the anti-American demonstrations could have been worse.

93.   Other politicians also used the decision as a rallying point, and there were mass demonstrations by public school students around the state.

94.   Political demonstrations are not uncommon, they said, and some escalate into violence once the police arrive.

95.   Proponents of each view mingled and engaged in passionate debate, but police said that apart from a brief shoving match, the rival demonstrations were peaceful.

96.   Protest organizers insisted that their demonstrations would be peaceful.

97.   Protesters besieged the American cultural center here during the Vietnam War, and there were angry demonstrations against U.S. troop maneuvers that were held in city parks.

98.   Rocks and bottles were thrown at officers monitoring one protest, but the demonstrations were mostly peaceful.

99.   Security experts in Lebanon suggested the Palestinian demonstration was coordinated with Hezbollah, so that the apparently well-planned ambush of the Israeli soldiers could be accomplished.

100.   She dismissed concerns that such demonstrations would be unpopular.