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...protest would be extraordinary. In China, a nation whose tradition is suffused with respect for authority, last week's outpouring of discontent was nothing short of revolutionary. No major power in the postwar period has ever been so rudely shaken -- rocked, in fact, to its foundation -- by the dissent of its populace. Still, on the faces of the hunger strikers in Tiananmen Square and of their millions of supporters around the country, the message was clear: China had crossed a threshold into a new era, where the future was entirely and terrifyingly up for grabs...
...humbly in Bratislava, working as a minor forestry official until his retirement in 1982, when he turned his attention to gardening. During the same period, Havel has become internationally famous both for his plays, such as The Memorandum and Temptation, and for his role as a leader of Czech dissent...
...reporting" of the debate surrounding the ROTC issue was inexcusably biased. On Monday, April 24, your front page featured the screaming headline, "Dissent Threatens to Undermine UC," for no apparent reason except that Undergraduate Council had finally taken a stand on an issue which seems to be contrary to the underlying sympathies of the Crimson staff. True, there was a vocal minority which expressed its dissent, but that in no way calls into question the UC's right to take a stand on a controversial issue...
...facts and rumors surrounding this ordeal have led to the assumption, widely held, that Lawrence was homosexual. Editor Malcolm Brown, the co-author of an earlier biographical study of Lawrence, strongly disagrees, and the evidence of the letters supports his dissent. Lawrence repeatedly expressed his abhorrence of physical contact with any fellow creature, female or male. He puzzled over fairly basic questions: "The period of enjoyment, in sex, seems to me a very doubtful one. I've asked the fellows in this hut (three or four go with women regularly). They are not sure: but they...
...before Thursday's protest, there was every indication that the government was ready to crush even the smallest sprig of dissent. On Tuesday Premier Li Peng and President Yang Shangkun reportedly informed Deng that the movement had spread "to high schools, the countryside and even among the workers." Deng, whose sole official government title is Chairman of the Central Military Commission but whose ironhanded control of the government has led the students to dub him the "Emperor," agreed that the protesters intended to overthrow the Communist Party. Referring to the turmoil that has accompanied political reform elsewhere in the socialist...