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In lecture for a Harvard history course yesterday morning, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes mentioned that Roger Williams was instrumental in making the colony of Rhode Island a “cesspool of discontent.”

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hawks Down M. Volleyball | 2/14/2002 | See Source »

There were few signs Monday of popular discontent over the crackdown - not least, perhaps, because the organizational leadership of the radical groups was either under arrest or on the run. But the enthusiastic support for the general who named himself president after seizing power two years ago among newspapers traditionally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why India Needs Pakistan's Musharraf to Succeed | 1/15/2002 | See Source »

AUSTRALIA Up in Arms Rising discontent at a refugee center boiled over as asylum seekers rioted for three straight nights. Detainees at the Woomera camp in South Australia pelted guards with rocks, set buildings on fire and tried to destroy barbed-wire fences. The violence was sparked by anger at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 12/31/2001 | See Source »

Which is not to say that politicians didn't do their best to milk the situation. By one estimate, campaigns across the country spent more than $10 million on commercials about terrorism. Setting the standard for tawdry was Lieutenant Governor Corinne Wood of Illinois, who tried to get a jump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Watch: Beyond the Flags and Fire Fighters | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

President Bush’s order yesterday granting former presidents greater authority to withhold records requested by historians and other researchers is causing discontent among academics, who say the government is illegitimately blocking access to valuable resources.

Author: By Grace Bloodwell, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bush Limits Public Access to Presidents' Records | 11/6/2001 | See Source »

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