Word: downing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Students began the pro-democracy movement after a demonstration Nov. 17 that was put down brutally by police, and 80,000 have been on strike for a week.
At a news conference, prominent dissident Jiri Dienstbier read a letter saying Husak's resignation "would calm the situation down."
Robert A. Cerasoli (D-Quincy) said that House Speaker George Keverian '53--who came up with the tax plan aimed at closing the estimated $720 million state budget deficit--pressured him to step down from the post if he did not plan to vote for the bill.
"Every political party has the right to a leading role as long as it is based on results," Zak said. "It's not possible to lay this down in the constitution."
In the United States today, over half the eligible voters no longer vote for President and far fewer vote in off-year state and local elections. In fact, the United States now has the lowest voter turnout of any industrialized nation in the world, with the vast majority of poor...