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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...commander who has acted as an Israeli surrogate in southern Lebanon for the past six years. Haddad said last week that unless a peace treaty with Israel is signed, he will refuse to in corporate his militia into the Lebanese army as part of an overall Gemayel plan to disband the various Christian factions in the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Under the Gun | 9/6/1982 | See Source »

...that evening as about 50 young demonstrators in Warsaw's Old Town were cleared away by club-wielding policemen. In Cracow, meanwhile, about 7,000 people gathered near the Church of the Virgin Mary, chanting protest slogans and singing the national anthem. When the crowd ignored orders to disband, they were charged by about 1,000 members of the notorious ZOMO motorized police force, who cleared the streets with water cannons and tear gas. All told, some 700 demonstrators were arrested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: Alive, if Not Entirely Well | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

...procession, headed by the band, will assemble in front of the Union at 3 o'clock this afternoon, and proceed to the Locker Building on Soldiers Field, where the final cheering before the team will take place. After this the procession will march back to the Yard and will disband after more cheering in front of University Hall." FDR was all good-sportsmanship before the battle: "It will be shown once again that the graduates and undergraduates of the two great universities are friends in the truest sense of the word...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Roosevelt and The Crimson | 1/29/1982 | See Source »

...attendance. Knowing that anything witty would be printed, repeated and quoted, Woolcott directed the conversation toward the four topics that interested him: "Theater, friends, murder and anything else that interests me." The Round Table flourished. Only the flight of New York's sharpest tongues to Hollywood forced it to disband in the late 1930s. Woolcott remained in New York, writing, commenting, and broadcasting his opinions in the CBS show, The Town Crier. He died shortly after signing...

Author: By Laura K. Jereski, | Title: The Broadest Wit | 10/24/1981 | See Source »

...year-old poet and essayist said he has remained in close contact with the other KOR members since he came to Harvard last spring and added that he supported the decision to disband...

Author: By Charles W. Slack, | Title: Baranczak Recalls Days With KOR | 10/2/1981 | See Source »

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