Word: eta
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...Basque terrorist movement ETA on Wednesday announced a "permanent ceasefire," to go into effect on Friday, after more than 30 years of violence and bloodshed. Nearly 900 people have been killed, many more maimed and hundreds have been blackmailed by the organization; those who failed to pay protection money often saw their businesses bombed or torched or were even kidnapped and held hostage until their families paid large ransom payments. ETA has long demanded independence from Spain for the Basques, who live in the border area between France and Spain. The more militant of its members call for the integration...
This is not the first time that ETA has declared a truce, but it is the first time that it has used the word "permanent." But will it be? Opinion in Spain is divided...
When All Is Fair opened at 45 Mt. Auburn St. yesterday, the pro-union retail outlet became the newest occupant of a site that has seen a tumultuous history. Currently owned by the Foundation for Civic Leadership, a Cambridge-based nonprofit, the space was previously occupied by Pi Eta, an all-male social club that folded shortly after a 1991 out-of-court settlement with a woman who alleged that she had been raped at the club. In the years before it closed, Pi Eta had become a regular object of controversy on campus. In 1979, a student was paralyzed...
...Douglas Green: ETA Furniture ETA stands for ''easy to assemble,'' and it is, since Green, a Maine-based designer-craftsman, has conceived, refined and started manufacturing the Arts and Craftsy pieces himself. They come in kits and are made of solid cherrywood, not veneer. The component timbers are precisely slotted and notched to fit without nails, screws or glue. In each instance, the final component -- for instance, the top of the dining table -- acts as a keystone to hold the item together. It's the '90s ideal: classic, ingenious, unpretentious, real...
...majority of these buildings still exist, but their current functions are a far cry from the social space they provided in the past. The old Sigma Alpha Epsilon building now hosts the Harvard Athletic Administration; Alpha Sigma Phi and D.U. Club are now Nantucket Nectars and J. Press; Pi Eta Club is now Upstairs on the Square; the old Iroquois Club now hosts the Harvard Band...