Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...increased. The Nestle boycott bought forward the importance of a moral stance in the face of capital list interests. The inspiration for the collective action was a simple moral repudiation of Nestle's marketing activities. The idea of compromise or negotiation did not enter the picture. By raising the conflict from dollars to morals, the coalition forced Nestle to see that profits are not everything, not even to a profit-conscious multinational...
...choices are not made based on income. I don't know why people would suggest that Black people more than other people, want out of society nothing but money rather than prestige or a certain kind of relaxation. We must begin to stop pretending that there is an automatic conflict between equity of increased access and excellence. There is a lot of room between what is available and the ability to maintain both diversity and excellence on this campus. We must begin to move minorities from just those race focused activities such as the affirmative action office and the minority...
...permanently. Conceived with the help of U.S. military advisers, the National Plan was initially tested, with mixed results, last summer in the neighboring department of San Vicente. The plan's success or failure in Usulután could prove to be the decisive event in the Salvadoran conflict, which is now dragging through its fifth inconclusive year...
...TELEVISION MOVIE The Day After took a little more than five minutes to deal with the clash of troops, tanks, and tactical nuclear weapons in a European conflict. For the other two-hours and 55 minutess (including commercials), 70 million Americans viewed Kansas both before and after a general thermonuclear attack. You may recall the scenario: political upheaval in East Germany; Warsaw Pact siege of West Berlin; attack of NATO tank forces to relieve the beleaguered city; counterattack; NATO use of small nuclear weapons against an overwhelming Pact advance; holocaust...
Each of those people is placed on the list according to priority guidelines, which can become sources of conflict. Last year, transfer students negotiated to have their priority pushed forward...