Word: amoeboid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Goon Squads. There was an amoeboid explosion of rumor after 13 Ugandan military officers and civil servants sought asylum in Kenya, claiming that their lives were threatened by Amin's security forces. Soon reports had "hundreds" of innocent Ugandan refugees fleeing the murderous wrath of Big Daddy's goon squads-a not uncommon occurrence in Uganda. Nairobi's Daily-Nation reported that Amin was being treated for his wounds in "a friendly country, probably Libya...
Women's groups at Harvard are amoeboid: they proliferate by fattening and subdivide spontaneously. The groups take pride in their lack of structure, so that it is difficult to isolate specific organizers. "We are leaderless," said Susan Cole '74, active in Radcliffe Women to Keep Mind and Body Together. Questioned about their activities, each member adds links to a long chain of referrals by naming three or four others who can provide information. Gone is the competition which predominates wherever one can vie for political position...