Word: authoritarianism
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Computers fit in all too familiar ways into most of the households studied. In families where sibling rivalries are prominent, the researchers found that children will fight over control of the computer. In those where moderation is stressed, rules of computer use will be laid out. In highly authoritarian families, parents will require children to spend after-school hours at the machine...
...times last year and once in late March, opponents of the authoritarian regime of General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte have held demonstrations. Each time, the protests have ended in bloodshed, with a total of at least 110 dead. Last week the broad-based opposition tried another approach: as part of its effort to provoke a national strike, it called on Chileans to assemble in city and town squares to sing the national anthem and then quickly disperse. Pinochet was in no mood for music. Even before the singing had begun in Santiago's main square, police equipped with submachine guns...
...with all three, but especially with friends. A leading exponent of liberation theology, a movement that often combines Marxist concepts with calls for social justice, Boff was asked by the Vatican to reply to a notification that his teachings were "considered dangerous," particularly in their appeal for a less authoritarian church. For support, Boff brought along two important Brazilian Cardinals, Paulo Evaristo Arns and Aloisio Lorscheider, both Franciscans...
Despite its woes, and its authoritarian government, Shanghai still has more style than any other city in China, and most of the basic needs are filled. Buses run, water and electricity are ample, and there is plenty of food on sale...
Another dissident, South Korean Kim Dae Jung, also had a stint at Harvard, although only for the year. Kim, one of the leading opponents of the authoritarian rule in his homeland, spent the year at the Center for International Affairs, writing and lecturing. Another refugee from politics at Harvard this year was David R. Gergen, a former top Reagan Administration White House aide Gergen quit his post in Washington in December to take up a fellowship at Harvard's Institute of Politics in the spring semester...