Word: dissenters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ribicoff added later, "Student dissent today merely reflects the suspicion among the general populace that headless horsemen are in the saddle leading us through times of trouble and turmoil...
...other peoples of Indochina has been incredibly large is not something for which I can in good conscience give my support or feel deserving of tax monies. The will of millions of people in the United States has been regularly thwarted as they have attempted to register their dissent and withdraw their support for the war, and today as America's participation enters its second decade, I will take this opportunity of once more indicating my belief that citizens must take conscientious action when they believe things are being done in their name without their support...
...that is directly rooted in social realities. The ruling elites have always aligned themselves with European (and now American) culture, proliferating it economically (Hollywood is simply another imperialist power-interest seeking markets) and encouraging its imitation ("national" projects usually financed by foreign capital). Cultural-like political-dissent, nationalism, and moves toward independence are suppressed: "primitive" native expressions, pure and unmediated myth and emotional savagery are the violent undercurrents of these societies...
...editor of a Northern Catholic newspaper, Xay Dung, said in an editorial that the Church 'needs a generation of men like Can," praising his "dissent and idealism." Even Father Hoang Quynh, a leading figure among Northern Catholic refugees, who has no use for the left-leaning Doi Dien, has criticized the government move as being connected with the coming Presidential election...
After four minutes of debate and with only one dissent, the Faculty yesterday voted to amend the General Education requirement for undergraduates. Students will now be permitted to substitute two full departmental courses or four half-courses for the one full year of Gen Ed courses previously needed for satisfaction of the basic requirement in Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities...