Word: crackdowns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Cardinal Ratzinger, head of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, revoked the license of the Rev. Charles Curran to teach theology at the Catholic University of America because of the priest's "repeated refusal to accept what the church teaches." The Vatican's long-expected crackdown on Curran made it clear that the Pope will not tolerate open dissent on the part of those who claim to be the church's teachers. But some Roman Catholics were alarmed by what they called "creeping infallibilism" in Ratzinger's letter to Curran -- that is, an attempt by Rome...
...each side. Yet when Perle and the six other Americans arrived on Sunday, they found their Kremlin counterparts to be unresponsive and even a bit uncivil. There was no fanfare in the Soviet press, nor was there a welcoming delegation at the Moscow airport. Under the current Soviet sobriety crackdown, there was no vodka either. The choice of an elegant suburban dacha for the talks was intended to encourage constructive informality for discussions normally cemented in rigid protocol. But behind the lace curtains, the Soviets proved standoffish...
...rioting appears to have changed Pakistan's political course. Junejo and Zia will have difficulty defending the crackdown, a necessity for winning support in the U.S. Congress, which is considering the Reagan Administration's $4.02 billion aid package for Islamabad. Meanwhile, Benazir Bhutto's efforts to force the government's hand may spark more bloodshed, possibly creating the same type of social unrest that led to Zia's military coup...
...rioters were protesting the French government's crackdown on suspected ETA terrorists who have fled to France. Basque separatists have traditionally used the southwest of France as a haven and headquarters for planning future attacks, but in recent weeks France has handed over five young Basques to Spain. In a pre-riot visit to Madrid, French Security Minister Robert Pandraud said the deportations would continue...
Hussein's crackdown caught Palestinian leaders unawares. Without warning, squads of the blue-uniformed Central Security Force spread through Amman shutting down Fatah offices, including the house in the Al Nuzha district that the Tunis-based Arafat used during visits. Jordanian agents seized Fatah documents and applied a seal of red wax to office doors. Arafat's top aide, Khalil Wazir, better known by his nom de guerre, Abu Jihad, was told to leave the country within 48 hours when he arrived at his office in the Jebel Amman district. Before embarking on a 450-mile auto journey across...