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In Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Poland and even some of the less volatile satellites, the Russians and their local rulers are being forced to put out brushfires of discontent. The East Europeans are issuing declarations of support for sympathizers abroad and criticizing their regimes on economic, political and moral grounds. Moscow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUMAN RIGHTS: THE DISSIDENTS V. MOSCOW | 2/21/1977 | See Source »

The widespread discontent with the assignment system led the College Dean's Office to announce last week that students will now list only their first three choices on their housing applications.

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Eliminating Discontent | 2/19/1977 | See Source »

Management discontent and investor distrust came together over the New Year's weekend. Jarman's immediate subordinates, Chief Operations Officer Ralph Bowles and Chief Administrative Officer Larry Shelton, both board members, met with four outside directors -including two associated with institutions that have lent money to Genesco -at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: End of a Family Fight | 1/17/1977 | See Source »

Anticipating completion of the Soldiers Field athletic complex, Harvard sells the Indoor Athletic Building to the Fly Club for $1. In response to student discontent over the sale, Dean Epps adopts a policy allowing non-Fly Club members to use the IAB after depositing $500,000 in escrow.

Author: By Charlie Shepard, | Title: Predictions, 1977: Standing With Pat | 1/3/1977 | See Source »

Dissident artists and intellectuals are probably not the prime target of the new crackdown. It seems more designed to warn Honecker's 17 million countrymen that overt popular discontent will not be tolerated. In a recent reshuffle of the country's top posts, Honecker demoted some relative moderates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EAST GERMANY: Making Dissenters Pay the Price | 12/20/1976 | See Source »

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