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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time and time again), the citizens of the city fought for their rights during many nerve-fraught periods. Their successes are notable: the Usatges, for instance, dates from a century before the Magna Carta and is essentially a medieval charter of citizen's rights. In addition, the Consell de Cent (Council of One Hundred), in its day, was the oldest proto-democratic political body in Spain...

Author: By Juan Plascencia, | Title: Re-Inventions | 7/31/1992 | See Source »

Barcelona's democratic traditions and sense of independence go back to the Middle Ages. There were menestrals -- shopkeepers and artisans -- on the Consell de Cent, or Council of One Hundred, the governing body of the city, in the 13th century. The city's charter of citizens' rights, the Usatges, or Usages, predates the Magna Carta by a century. And the Catalans' sense of otherness -- the separation, cultural and institutional, from the rest of Spain -- comes through loud and clear in the oath of allegiance their leaders swore to the Aragonese kings in the 15th century: "We, who are as good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The City Homage To BARCELONA | 7/27/1992 | See Source »

Under the new contract, Harvard's nearly 450 food service workers will receive a 15 cent per hour pay increase every six months, according to Berry...

Author: By David S. Kurnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dining Workers Sign Contract | 6/30/1992 | See Source »

...flowers sit in glassbottles on every table. In the window next door tothe shop, we could watch the ice cream-makingprocess at work. And with single scoops at $1.35and double scoops at $2.14, Toscanini's is highlycost-efficient--that is, if you don't factor inthe 85-cent T fare...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Herrell's Tops the Square | 6/27/1992 | See Source »

...Brundtland's Labor Party adopted arule requiring that women make up no less than 40per cent and no more than 60 per cent of itsnominees. Other parties followed suit...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Brundtland Will Talk On Rio, Environment | 6/4/1992 | See Source »

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