Word: ethnics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some participants said Cambridge's version of the event had changed in translation, while others, like Lola M. Matysiak, a freshman at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said it made them "think of things like German Knockwurst, German ethnic things, and Chevy Chase in [National Lampoon's] European Vacation...
...done another about-face. He revoked the Constitution, declared himself head of state and said he would proclaim Fiji a republic on Oct. 10. The colonel's latest change of heart apparently came under pressure from the Taukei Movement, a group of militant Fijians who are demanding that ethnic Indians be excluded from power. Indians dominate Bavadra's Labor Party and slightly outnumber ethnic Fijians among the island chain's 725,000 people...
...Board has already judged Patterson's actions. We students should now take time to judge ourselves. Better to consider how many others of us at Harvard might have uttered such a remark casually or might have let it pass without comment. Who has never spoken or thought an ethnic slur? Consideration of how often each of us regards someone on the basis of race will do a lot more to improve this campus than making Patterson the focus of anger...
...represents Queen Elizabeth II in the former British colony, announced an interim solution to the Pacific island chain's political problems. Ganilau proposed a caretaker government consisting of all major political groups pending new elections. But Rabuka said he would accept nothing less than permanent political control by ethnic Fijians, who constitute 47% of the population while ethnic Indians make...
After his takeover in May, Rabuka agreed to hand over power to a council of advisers headed by the Governor-General. But tensions remained high, as militant Fijians repeatedly attacked ethnic Indians and burned their shops. Few observers expected Rabuka's latest move to restore tranquillity to the once idyllic land...