Word: civilizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There are a lot of grassroots movements," Cahill said. "The entire struggle is based on non-violent civil disobedience...
...latent hostility toward smokers simmers just beneath the surface of the staff's argument. Such strict policies do represent an unfair imposition on smokers' civil rights. Though we support an atmosphere that is respectful of sensitive non-smokers, completely smoke-free dorms may carry demonization of the smoker too far. Dan S. Aibel '98 Sarah B. Jacoby...
Although such a policy would seem to violate the smokers' civil rights, Harvard's crowded living conditions prove otherwise. The cracks in the walls and doors of Harvard's many old dorm rooms allow smoke to leave its room of origin. It pollutes hallways and seeps through the doors of non-smokers. Thus, these innocents are put at a higher risk of smoking-related ailments by their fellow students...
Besides, the American civil rights movement wasn't just Martin Luther King Jr.; it was also Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks. As for nonviolent social activists and leaders--What about Jane Addams, Petra Kelly, Dorothy Day, Aung San Suu Kyi? And why flatter Lenin by leaving out two of his staunchest ideological opponents, the Polish-German socialist Rosa Luxemburg and the American anarchist Emma Goldman...
...Francisco Franco plunges Spain into civil...