Word: antigovernmental
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The court has also thrown into confusion the pending bills that seek to limit the Administration's "covert" aid to antigovernment guerrillas fighting in Nicaragua. For months Congressmen and White House aides had been crafting compromise legislation that would have consisted of little beyond a legislative veto provision, giving...
From the very beginning, Pope John Paul II's return visit to Poland seemed a bold gamble. The government of General Wojciech Jaruzelski had made no secret of the fact that it viewed the papal pilgrimage as a way to rehabilitate Poland in the eyes of the world. But...
The papal entourage came to a halt in front of St. John's Cathedral, a red-brick gothic church in the Old Town that has served as a rallying point for antigovernment demonstrators since the declaration of martial law. John Paul entered the church and descended to the underground...
If official concern for the Pope's safety seemed exaggerated, the Polish police had good reason to fear an outbreak of antigovernment demonstrations. After the Pope left St. John's Cathedral, Solidarity supporters rallied in front of the Royal Palace and began to march through downtown Warsaw to...
Law-and-order became another unexpectedly emotional issue during campaigning, as some rightist candidates shamelessly exploited fears that high unemployment and a rising crime rate could be blamed on immigrants, notably from North Africa. Antigovernment voting was most pronounced in Marseille, in the tough urban sprawl around Lyon, and in...