Word: americanizing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...impoundment of 60 United States foreign service officers by followers of Ayatollah Khomeini is a clear violation of the territorial sanctity of foreign missions, a fundamental international understanding. There is no question that all diplomatic efforts should be made to protect American lives with peaceful means. But if all diplomatic efforts fail and if American lives are in immediate danger, the Carter Administration should not rule out the use of a tactical force specifically ordered to save these lives. Although a state is obliged to respect the territorial rights of another, it has a greater duty to defend the lives...
Sampson and three other white men, and Sandra Smith, a black woman, died after members of the KKK and the American Nazi Party fired into a demonstration sponsored by the Communist Workers Party (Workers Viewpoint Organization). Smith a graduate of Bennett College in Greensboro, was married to Mark Smith...
...time of his death Sampson, who also held a degree from the University of Virginia Medical School, was a shop steward for the American clothing and Textile Workers Union at the Cone Mills textile plant in Haw River. N.C. He was working inside the plant to build the union's strength on a day-to-day basis. "He knew that orgainizing workers was not over after an election was won at a plant." Charles Finch, an acquaintance of Sampson, said Monday...
...Committee on Academic Freedom of the American Sociological Association is investigating Cloward's charges against Brandeis. Cloward said. He added he has received more than 200 letters favoring his position. The American Association of University Professors and the sociology faculty at Brandeis, Boston University, and other schools are giving him their support, he said...
Throughout the history of the UFW, many tactics have been employed in order to bring its message across not only to U.S. agri-business, but also to the American consumer, the UFW's most consistent ally. Strikes, picket lines, legislative campaigns, and voter registration drives have been among the tactics used, but these have been secondary only to the UFW's most powerful weapon: the consumer boycott...