Word: freedom
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...flower-strewn steps, the mood of the civil rights rebellion of the 1960s was evoked as the crystalline voice of Folk Singer Joan Baez led the assembled marchers in the familiar songs: Kumbaya, Amazing Grace and Oh, Freedom. More candles were lit, more wreaths dropped on the steps, and an undercurrent of bitterness broke through the sadness. "Are you happy, Anita?" asked one crudely lettered sign in cruel reference to homosexuality's hated foe, Anita Bryant...
...security for me. I know I needed someone to share my life with because it seemed to be so lonely at times. Its the fault of too selfish parent. I know if they must die for Socialism it will be a most honorable death because dying for Peace Justice, Freedom for all is worth the struggle...
...their defense, State Department officials contend that there was little they could do about Jonestown because no residents complained about conditions there. Law enforcement agencies are reluctant to tangle with groups that can claim the protection of the U.S. Constitution's provision on religious freedom, and in recent years the courts have expanded this protection. At the same time, partly because of abuses by some agents during the Watergate era, the FBI has been sharply restricted in its undercover activities. FBI agents argue that the only way they could have found out what was happening in Jonestown...
...Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing put an official stamp of approval on the extraordinary eruption of political expression that had gripped Peking for the past two weeks. In an atmosphere reminiscent of London's lively Hyde Park Speakers' Corner, the voices of young orators demanding "true freedom, true democracy and true human rights" echoed through the early winter dusk. Thousands filed past "democracy wall" at the intersection of Chang An Avenue and Hsi Tan Street to inspect wall posters castigating some members of the ruling Politburo, policies decreed by the sainted Great Helmsman, the late...
...correspondents raised plenty of questions themselves. Says Ian Mac kenzie, Reuters bureau chief: "I asked one group, 'What is it you want?' and they replied, 'We want freedom and democracy.' I asked, to do you mean by democracy?' and they said, 'We're trying to work out just what democracy is. We want freedom of speech, and we want to elect our own leaders.' I asked them, 'Does that mean that the Communist Party is going to be voted out of office?' There were great howls of laughter...