Word: asada
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Lobbing. Says Carol Asada, 22, a pre-med junior at U.C.L.A. and president of Medicus, a pre-med student organization: "There's a lot of hostility and jealousy among students who are getting top scores." Complains another premed: "They're afraid if they tell you something you may get a better score than theirs." Few friendships survive such pressures. "One person might have a copy of last year's exams in a course and absolutely won't show it to anyone else," moans another Duke student...
...better way of escaping, at least emotionally, is by taking an active part in the civil rights movement. The crusade began in 1922 when a poor shoemaker named Zennosuke Asada formed the Suiheisha (Levelers' Society), forerunner of the Liberation League. In 1968 the movement won passage of a law banning public inspection of the social registers that contain the family history of every Japanese citizen. A year later the league successfully backed a civil rights law that commits public funds-$400 million this year-for buraku housing, high school scholarships and vocational training...