Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...member who became the earth mother of the antibusing forces, stands by helplessly as her movement turns savage. Humberto Cardinal Medeiros, Archbishop of Boston, perceived as an outsider because of his Portuguese background, inherits the role of the late beloved Richard Cardinal Cushing, who had a gift for defusing conflict. Uncomfortably, Medeiros defends desegregation, aware that his stand is alienating many conservative Roman Catholics...
...risky political strategy of pre-emptive compromise. Faced with the all but certain passage of bills that he had previously threatened to veto, the President sought to outflank Congress with his own initiatives on South Africa and international trade. His political maneuvering served only to heighten the partisan conflict on Capitol Hill. "This is no longer an issue of what's good for South Africa," declared Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole. "It's a raw political issue. South Africa is secondary." As for new trade legislation, a top White House aide pointed an accusing finger at Congress. Said he: "Pure...
Paul M. Bator, Bromley Professor of Law, who last year became embroiled in a conflict over Critical Legal Studies (CLS), a growing movement of radical legal scholars, is a former Reagan appointee and one of the most outspoken conservative voices on the law school campus...
...murder victims are black, and 94% of those who commit these murders are black. The 6,000 or so Americans who lost their lives because of black-on-black violence in 1981 alone rivals the number of black servicemen killed during the twelve years of the Viet Nam conflict...
...school districts throughout the country, children with AIDS are at the center of growing concern, conflict and confusion. Despite the intensity of , the emotions involved, only 183 people under the age of 18 in 23 states have been diagnosed as AIDS victims. Indiana, Florida, Connecticut, Texas and Los Angeles have issued guidelines allowing children with AIDS to attend school, but few if any are actually in classrooms. In Los Angeles the policy has yet to be enforced. Says Associate Superintendent Jerry Halverson: "There has been an agreement and understanding that children with AIDS would not be enrolled in school, predicated...