Word: dissents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sweeping language to rule that Arline's rights had been violated. Writing for the majority, Justice William Brennan held that Congress had passed the law "to ensure that handicapped individuals are not denied jobs or other benefits because of the prejudiced attitudes or the ignorance of others." In a dissent that was joined by Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice William Rehnquist said neither the language of the law nor the record of congressional discussion preceding its passage provided evidence that contagiousness was intended to fall within its definition of handicap. The majority of the Justices were convinced, however, that in amendments...
...Korea in recent months, and more often than not it has been uttered by the country's students, especially the radical hard-liners. On every side, demands are growing that President Chun Doo Hwan reform a regime that, while not nearly as repressive as Communist North Korea's, stifles dissent and tortures and imprisons political opponents. In frequent demonstrations, university students have demanded an end to dictatorship when Chun, a former general who seized power in 1980, fulfills a pledge to step down next February. The students' aim is nothing less than to bring what they consider democracy...
...Board later issued a state- ment urging "that there be new attempts to havediscussions between students, faculty andadministrators to delineate more clearly theprotections which must be given to the rights ofspeakers and the rights of protest and dissent...
...Korea and elsewhere have ended a period of relative quiet on many campuses. While student complaints and causes are hardly identical, they are similar enough to reveal at least some common threads: dissatisfaction with government policies on access to higher education, on economic opportunity and on the right to dissent...
...totalitarian regime has its brutal side (storm troopers set farmhouses on fire and destroy exile camps to stifle dissent; a rebellious teen is caught and brainwashed). But for the most part, the melodrama is muted, the mood somber and contemplative, the complexities rich. A KGB colonel (Sam Neill) turns out to be one of the movie's most articulate and charming characters. And, despite the anti-Communist theme, the film is a subtle refutation of Reagan-era optimism. These Americans, after all, are not can-do patriots but meek, dispirited folks who simply want to get along. "Just surviving," says...