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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think it was a vast misreading of what Lebanon is really like. They drifted gradually into a very controversial position as the great supporter of the government of Lebanon. Well, to most people in Lebanon, the government is just another faction, and furthermore not a very powerful faction. Amin Gemayel's authority seemed to stop at the gates of the Baabda palace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: A Very Civil Servant, Sir Brian Urquhart | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

This holiday season in Cambridge may be an unusual one, if a new student group called the Grinch Army Faction...

Author: By Jennifer Atkinson, | Title: Group Plans to 'Steal' Christmas | 11/30/1988 | See Source »

...point of the demonstrations, members said at last night's gathering in the Greenhouse Cafe, will be to remind Cantabridgians that Christmas is more than an excuse to go shopping. The Grinch Army Faction, composed of self-styled anarchists, will experiment with a variety of satirical vehicles for getting that point across, members added...

Author: By Jennifer Atkinson, | Title: Group Plans to 'Steal' Christmas | 11/30/1988 | See Source »

...Grinch Army Faction will make its first appearance this Friday at a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) lecture on anarchism, Fucella said. He added that the group will sing two "dis-Christmas carols" before the speech, entitled "Josiah Warren--The First American Anarchist...

Author: By Jennifer Atkinson, | Title: Group Plans to 'Steal' Christmas | 11/30/1988 | See Source »

...Grinch Army Faction can't persuade holiday shoppers to forego present buying, it aims at least to convince parents that they should avoid buying war toys for their children, Fucella said. Shoppers may think twice before buying toy guns and other weaponsfor children after watching the fake battles intoy stores that the group plans to stage, headded...

Author: By Jennifer Atkinson, | Title: Group Plans to 'Steal' Christmas | 11/30/1988 | See Source »

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