Word: belonged
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Walesa's wife Danuta made the trip, however, and after Aarvik spoke, she rose to deliver a 15-minute speech written by her husband. "On this solemn day, my place is among those with whom I have grown and to whom I belong, the workers of Gdansk," she read. "We crave for justice, and that is why we are so persistent in the struggle for our rights." After listening to a radio broadcast of the ceremony, Walesa declared, "We should use peaceful means to solve our problems...
Students carried signs reading "Give us the choice," and "Frats Belong at Amherst...
...these people think they're funny? This is no joking matter. If they wanted to tell jokes, they should have hooked up with Rodney Dangerfield and put on a show at the Park Street T-station. Jokes belong in the Johnny Carson show, the Yale Daily News, or the Democratic Party platform. They don't belong on the cover of national news magazines. So there...
...their national pride and joy, the Cuban-built airport. Above pictures of Cuban weapons seized at Point Salines is the slogan ARE THESE THE TOOLS THAT BUILD CIVILIAN AIRPORTS? Army Jeeps fitted with loudspeakers cruise the island, blaring outdated propaganda ("Help send the Cubans back to Havana where they belong! Protect your hard-won freedom!"), and U.S. troops operate "Radio Spice Island," the only station permitted since the invasion...
Such strong-arm tactics have intensified the anxieties of the Roman Catholic Church, to which 90% of Nicaraguans belong. The church has refused to endorse enforced participation in an army that, it feels, is indistinguishable from the ruling party. It has spearheaded a campaign for conscientious objection, maintaining that no Nicaraguan should be punished for withholding his support from the Sandinistas. In response, Sandinista-run mobs have vandalized twelve churches, canceled processions and occasionally forced the postponement of Masses. Eight young Catholics, accused of organizing antidraft protests, were arrested by authorities at gunpoint; two priests were deported on the same...