Word: cleared
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...time it was clear that SDS was going to strike, the political climate became favorable for those who wanted to press for more," says Roderick J. Harrison '70, an associate professor of Afro-American studies and sociology...
...Iowa Episcopalians, Pusey, now 82, says he always guided his actions with the same clear principles. He had written his Harvard thesis on the laws of ancient Athenian democracy, and believed deeply that "force or violence" should not be tolerated...
...strike was a very clear example of SDS participatory democracy," he says...
...Were we in error on many significant points of understanding American society? Yes. Were our tactical choices sometimes incredibly counterproductive? Yes. Have I moderated some? Yes. But our basic sense of outrage at injustice, clear opposition to the Vietnam War and its devastation and belief in the genuine participation of people in politics were and remain valid."--Miles Rapoport...
...strongest consensus in the poll was opposition by 86% to a change in Israeli law "so as to recognize only those conversions performed by Orthodox rabbis." When last fall's election gave neither Likud nor Labor a clear majority, each considered forming a coalition with ultra-Orthodox religious parties. The price would have been high: giving the fanatic religious groups exclusive power over the religious conversion of immigrants to Israel. By implication, the legitimacy of Conservative and Reform Jews would have been undermined. Outraged protests from abroad helped torpedo that idea and forced creation of another inaptly named "unity" government...