Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Christensen, drafted by the NHL St. Louis Blues, will miss the rest of this season, and his future as a professional--which once looked very bright--is now in grave doubt...
...official newspaper. This past year, demonstrations of nonviolent opposition to the junta began on campuses and spread through the city. Our friends described to us the moving spectacle of the people marching down the Alameda, open palms raised to show "Our hands are clean," as black helicopters--no doubt American-made--circled just feet overhead. But the government did not halt the protests...
Apsi's assessment may be naive, but there is no doubt that events are coming to a head in Chile as they have recently in the Philippines. The Chilean resistance, like the regime it opposes, is not what it seems. America will soon face a dilemma with Pinochet similar to the situation we are in now with Marcos. It is time we looked to the part of Chile that is too often hard to see: the people who quietly struggle for freedom, and those who struggle just to survive...
...human rights activists and Jewish refuseniks denied emigration from the Soviet Union (see box). His conviction on trumped-up charges of spying for the U.S. was widely regarded as a sign of crumbling detente. Moscow's apparent decision to free Shcharansky--and to telegraph it in advance--no doubt reflects more concern for propaganda than for human rights. But the Kremlin's willingness to swap a dissident whose freedom has been long sought by the West may also be an important sign that the Soviets are serious about improving superpower relations...
There is little doubt that many Americans are yearning for meaning and moral anchorage, which evangelical religion has ardently and successfully provided. Critics add that people find it easier to acquire simple answers to complex personal and social ills via television than to commit themselves to solving real-life troubles...