Word: discontentment
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Attempts at economic and political reform in China, the Soviet Union and other Communist countries often seem to consist of two steps forward and one or even two steps back. In China the recent rash of student-led mass demonstrations is just the latest manifestation of deep public discontent over...
Once again, Noriega's minions are putting out the word that he might be willing to step down if the terms of the arrangement are presented to him in the right light. In the meantime, the U.S. can build on the overture Bush made to the Panama Defense Forces last...
The President and his advisers say they are annoyed because only a month earlier, Kohl won a grudging U.S. agreement to put off a decision on Lance modernization until after the West German elections in 1990. But the Chancellor's popularity at home has sagged recently, and his center-right...
Panamanians, however, have an attitude toward their rigged elections slightly different from ours. The election, for this country with a history of dictatorship, was less a military concession to democracy than a chance for the opposition to organize and voice its discontent.
The outpouring of discontent, and the authorities' decision not to stop it, represented an unprecedented humiliation for Deng Xiaoping and his government. Wisely deciding not to use force to end the march, the Chinese government acceded to demands for a dialogue with the students. "The demonstration marks the raising of...