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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lebanese faction took responsibility for the abduction. Nonetheless, it was widely assumed the thugs were members of Hizballah, the radical, pro- Iranian Shi'ite Muslim group that is suspected of involvement in most of the kidnapings that have occurred in Lebanon. Glass, who has spent a total of six years in Lebanon and was researching a book on the Middle East, was traveling near a husseiniyeh, or religious center, run by Hizballah when he was taken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon The Taking of a Journalist | 6/29/1987 | See Source »

...nation's largest Protestant body, the 14.6 million-member Southern Baptist Convention, last week overwhelmingly re-elected the Rev. Adrian Rogers, 54, pastor of a Memphis superchurch, as president. It was the ninth straight presidential win for the Fundamentalist faction, which has used the office to build power on the boards of S.B.C. schools and agencies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Nine Wins In a Row | 6/29/1987 | See Source »

Last week's student-led protests could help change that. By demanding free elections, the demonstrators are advancing the formal opposition's most cherished goal. Says Kim Young Sam, president of the Reunification Democratic Party, the main opposition faction: "There is no solution to the present crisis unless the government agrees to our demands for a direct presidential election. The government has been driven to the wall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rebels Without a Pause | 6/29/1987 | See Source »

According to the political side, the council could and should debate and take official stands on political issues that according to the "apolitical" faction fell outside the realm of student life, and so outside the sphere of council influence...

Author: By Sophia A. Van wingerden, | Title: From Divestment to Elvis: Buying In Or Branching Out? | 6/11/1987 | See Source »

...chairman Offutt, the "apolitical" faction held that the council should avoid such debates and concern itself with issues that directly affect students, which they said did not include divestment. Judging by this year's concern with social events, observers say the "apolitical" faction won out and is likely to dominate the agenda of the council in the future...

Author: By Sophia A. Van wingerden, | Title: From Divestment to Elvis: Buying In Or Branching Out? | 6/11/1987 | See Source »

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