Word: absentia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...outspoken Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz has his way. Harvard will soon award honorary degrees in absentia to political prisoners and dissidents...
...capital city of Yaounde. The suspected instigators: Muslim members of the palace guard loyal to former President Ahmadou Ahidjo, a northern Muslim whom President Paul Biya, a southern Christian, replaced in 1982. Ahidjo, who had led Cameroon for 22 years before going into exile in France, was convicted in absentia last year of plotting to overthrow Biya. Last week's rebellion was apparently sparked by Biya's efforts to replace Muslim officers with Christians loyal to him. Though no details were available, the government radio announced at week's end that the mutiny had failed...
...absentia, Andropov guides two key Kremlin meetings...
...this year's forum was a success--not merely because officials managed to salvage a link to Walesa, not even because of the historical firsts--having two speeches, and having a speech read in absentia. Rather these two addresses embodied what a Harvard Commencement speech should be--a fresh, well-crafted intellectual argument. Walesa's absence muffled the celebrity parade mentality that has surrounded the event in recent years, while Fuentes' eloquence helped play up the importance of the ideas themselves...
Aside from the unusual aspect of hearing a speech in absentia, the ceremonies today should proceed traditionally...