Word: coercion
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Since 1978, the Guatemalan military has killed over 110,000 civilians, including a near-genocidal campaign against Maya Indians, and torture is even more widespread. Murder, rape and torture are used for political coercion. Human rights reports from Guatemala are sickening. Victims are found burned to death or with their genitals cut off and shoved in their mouths...
...that simple. The BCC may not use force to recruit new members, but not all coercion is physical. Their high-pressure recruiting practices prey on the insecurities of their recruits. College students are at a vulnerable point in their lives. They are often lonely and unsure about their future. They are particularly susceptible to those who offer them security. The BCC offers these students security, but only at the price of their independence and their self-esteem...
...evidence necessary for such action. At the same time, University recognition will confer a legitimacy on the BCC's activities. They will be able to poster on campus, receive Undergraduate Council funds, and have access to University facilities and tabling at registration. And they will likely continue to use coercion and deception on potential recruits...
Interfilm's "Mr. Payback," written and directed by Bob Gale (creator of "Back to the Future"), presents this coercion in a new light. The 20-minute movie, which you're invited to experience twice, is like a filmed Choose Your Own Adventure, except that audience members engage in a putative competition to determine the plot twists...
...Hoesen Gorinchem, the Netherlands There is a widespread feeling of relief among Ukrainians at not having to contribute to Moscow's belligerency. Far too often in the past, Ukraine has had to tag along with what Russia has claimed to be a legal defense of conditions--brought about through coercion and held together by threat and surreptitious russification. One thing is clear: it is better to live in a quiet house than in an unsafe apartment block. Michael Wolynskyj Madrid If Yeltsin has gone too far, there is a likelihood that the President will lose his position to an opposition...