Word: anties
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...affected areas were vacuumed and heavily doused with insecticides, and newspapers were placed in a refrigerated truck in an attempt to freeze out any eggs hiding inside. Despite these measures, a second infestation was found just before Christmas, prompting another visit by the exterminator. Officials in charge of the anti-bug offensive hope the library is now free of the little louses, so that scholars can resume the habit of scratching their heads in thought...
...called it an "isolated incident" when a brawl between African scholars and university security guards in Nanjing two weeks ago sparked street protests by Chinese students. But charges that the foreign students were beaten and tortured surfaced in Nanjing last week, and that ugly episode was followed by further anti-African demonstrations. The outburst of racism has stirred international concern and exposed a fissure in the special relationship that China once enjoyed with African nations...
...shortly after takeoff from Zurich on its way to Tel Aviv, killing 47 people, and for a 1972 blast aboard an El Al airliner that landed without casualties. West German police are searching for any connection between this group and the Pan Am tragedy. "The group is pro-Syrian, anti-Arafat and anti-P.L.O.," contends a U.S. State Department fact sheet. "It has strong ties to Syria, although Libya has also long supported...
...case of Jack Hampton, the anti-gay Texas state district judge, has spotlighted not only the persistent and virulent hatred against gays and lesbians in our society, but also the lack of special protection these citizens have in the criminal justice system...
Hampton is willing to justify his anti-gay actions by openly expressing his views, no matter how potentially offensive they are. But for every Jack Hampton there are many, many more judges who might hand down similar rulings without expressing their prejudices to a reporter...