Word: activistic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...human rights by CIA assets was less than endemic. In Latin America, however, where state security apparatuses are notorious for incorrigible corruption and brutality, many observers--including some middle-of-the-road members of Congress--believe a que sera attitude is insufficient. As a case in point, human-rights activist Ann Manuel cites the CIA's liaison with Honduras' infamous Battalion 316 during the years when the country was considered an essential anti-Sandinista bulwark. "For four years," she says, "you had U.S. training of a special-intelligence unit, specifically instructing them not to torture, yet they systematically tortured...
...public discussion focused on the current status of Black journalist and community activist Mumia Abu-Jabal's execution date. Abu-Jamal faces the death penalty for killing a white Philadelphia police officer...
...Oslo agreement that the main test for Arafat would be to transform himself from symbol-agitator-roving propagandist to ruler-conciliator-at-home pragmatist. A year after his return to his homeland, he is still struggling with the challenge. His brand of leadership remains better suited to an activist on the run than an administrator on the job. His strength is political theater, not practical policy...
...politicians and pressure groups in the telecommunications wars. Members of the long-distance coalition had relied on Thomas Bliley of Virginia, who chairs the House Commerce Committee, to deliver their agenda. But two weeks ago, House majority leader Dick Armey informed Bliley that conservative Republicans, including many of the activist and free-marketeering freshmen, objected to provisions that would delay the Baby Bells from entering long distance. In short, the provisions were "too regulatory." The same message came from House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Republican whip Tom DeLay...
...Deadwood, are building a more than $100 million resort there and are ogling the parcel for the compound's planned golf course. The spiritual Sioux find this hard to comprehend. "Costner just wants to make himself more powerful, greater and bigger," claims Sidney Keith, a Lakota Sioux elder. Lakota activist Madonna Thunder Hawk protests, "It's a betrayal. Costner is making millions on our backs...