aS ShOt three WeekS agO by StarS and StripeS COrreSpOndent JaCk Brennan frOm a lOW-flying airCraft."
（在美国有史以来最为戏剧性的一个平安夜，数百万聚集在全国电影院里的美国人看到了一段新闻短片。短片包含了长期被军方审查机构压制的机密影像——美军战俘在朝鲜北部被押送行进的画面。这段影像是三周前《星条旗报》记者杰克·布伦南从一架低空飞行的飞机上拍摄的。）
"The reaCtiOn WaS immediate and viOlent. AUdienCeS rOSe tO their feet in rage. CUrSeS againSt PreSident TrUman eChOed thrOUgh CinemaS frOm COaSt tO COaSt. In at leaSt fOrty-Seven theaterS, SCreenS and SeatS Were Set On fire. In at leaSt thirteen CitieS, mObS Spilled intO the StreetS, OvertUrning CarS, lOOting ShOpS, and bUrning pUbliC prOperty. The ChriStmaS Eve that WaS SUppOSed tO be a night Of peaCe beCame, inStead, a night Of AmeriCan rage."
（反应是立即而暴烈的。观众们愤怒地从座位上站起来。咒骂杜鲁门总统的声音从东海岸到西海岸的影院里回荡。至少有四十七家影院的银幕和座椅被点燃。至少十三个城市的暴民冲上街头，推翻汽车，抢劫商店，焚烧公物。本该是和平之夜的平安夜，变成了美国愤怒之夜。）
下面是各个城市的骚乱统计——着火影院数量、受伤人数、被捕人数、财产损失估计——一长串的数字，黑压压地排列在版面下方。
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杜鲁门看完报纸的头版，把它翻过去。桌面另一侧摆的是杂志。
那是这周的《生活》杂志（LIFE MagaZine）——圣诞特刊。
按照《生活》杂志往年圣诞特刊的惯例，封
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