Word: citizenship
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sharansky, who criticized Soviet policies toward Jews before being charged with treason and sent to a labor camp in 1978, changed his first name from Anatoly to Natan--gift from God in Russian--after he was taken from prison, stripped of his citizenship, and flown in 1986 to Israel, where he now resides...
...spokesmen have certainly not revealed where is the process is heading--just as Huntington advised. Even the two-steps-forward, one-back sugestion has been followed: influx control laws were declared abolished, but Blacks' rights to move freely around the country are still controlled by legal fictions, including "citizenship" in bantustans and housing codes which block Blacks from living in "white" cities. Forced removals have broken up Black communities offering resistance to government policies--a perfect example of preventing opposition from mobilizing. Similarly, mass detentions, a constant troop presence on township streets, and a certain degree of dishonesty...
Walker began minting the false documents earlier this year, prompted by hostage-taking incidents in which terrorists singled out tourists and military personnel who carried American passports. Her clientele can choose citizenship from eight nonexistent nations, including one named after an element on the periodic table. Walker keeps the names secret, using the Ceylon passport only as an example. She claims to have sold 350 of the passports already, 100 of them to U.S. Government officials and an additional 120 to military personnel. Price: $135 to civilians, $95 to armed forces members...
...current situation is becoming increasingly oligarchic, with only a small minority of citizens interested in the running of the country. In this year of the 200th anniversary of the Constitution, and of Robert H. Bork--and consequently of constant talk of the rights of citizenship--sight should not be lost of the responsibilities...
...thousands of new Harvard employees start searching through dust-ridden file cabinets for birth certificates and passports to prove their citizenship, the form, known as the I-9, seems destined to become as renowned, and as unpopular...