Word: ethnics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...make one thing very clear," the premier's apology said. "I have always firmly believed that America's greatness derives from the dynamism and achievements of her many ethnic communities. It was not my intention whatsoever to imply any racial discrimination nor to criticize any aspect of the American society...
...only one of many fundamental changes at the College during the past few years. Students in the 1980s have leapt into the preprofessional melee with a vigor that would shock many students of the 1960s and 1970s. Students of the 1920s would be suprised at the geographic and ethnic diversity of each incoming class. In fact, diversity has become the major sales pitch of the admissions staff...
...women races have not differed much from more traditional elections. In Maryland, Mikulski and Chavez are waging tough, no-holds-barred campaigns. Although both women come from ethnic, working-class backgrounds, "we are as different as two people can be," says Chavez, 39, a cool Hispanic American who is married and makes much of being the mother of three sons. Mikulski, 50, is single, a self-styled scrapper with the sturdy perseverance of a tugboat. She sharply turns aside comments that she does not "look senatorial." Says the candidate: "A lot of Americans, black or white or female, are always...
Encompassing 160 different ethnic tribes scattered across Africa's largest country, the 22 million people of Sudan, two-thirds of them Muslim, have never had much unity. Indeed, the nation has been torn by civil war in one form or another ever since it began preparing for independence from Britain and Egypt in 1955. That year a band of southerners took up arms to fight for secession from Khartoum. In the 17 years that the Anya Nya I (Snake Venom) movement was active, more than 500,000 died. In 1975 the rebel cause turned into Anya...
...only one of many fundamental changes at the College during the past few years. Students in the 1980s have leapt into the pre-professional melee with a vigor that would shock many students of the 1960s and 1970s. Students of the 1920s would be suprised at the geographic and ethnic diversity of each incoming class. In fact, diversity has become the major sales pitch of the admissions staff...