Word: crackdowns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...best known to Tunisians as the Interior Minister who led this year's crackdown on Islamic fundamentalists, which resulted in more than 2,000 arrests. In September seven militants were sentenced to death and 69 to jail terms for trying to overthrow Bourguiba's regime. In early October Ben Ali, a former army general, was named Prime Minister in what was regarded as a signal that the tough stance would continue...
...than 13 percent of all federal loans to students--totalling $5.6 billion--is going unpaid. By the end of the decade, annual government payments on defaulted loans will increase 10 times, from $209 million in 1978 to $2 billion. Bennett is right on the money in calling for a crackdown on students who borrow and don't repay...
...ouster and the crackdown on intellectuals that ensued underscored the tensions between the past and the future that have bedeviled China in recent years. A new openness to foreign influences has brought rock music, motorcycles and even punk-style haircuts to China's cities. But the shock of the new is never easy, and many people are discomfited by the changes. An older generation regrets the passing of ancient traditions, and nearly everyone fears inflation, which was virtually unknown for more than 30 years but is now a growing problem. The result has been a continuing battle for China...
...house, Eliot, though, parties were out and out banned, and administrators there took less heat from students than they should have for justifying the crackdown in part because some students planned to take the LSAT on Saturday. What weekend passes at Harvard without some students somewhere making a key pre-professional move? Should there be lights out at 11:00 p.m. on their account...
...announcing this year's crackdown, the MDC threatened to cancel the race permanently if it failed to work. And it didn...