Word: groupings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...original U.N. Convention on Genocide, passed on December 9, 1948, states the issue clearly, Genocide, "an odious scourge," is a crime committed "with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethical, racial or religious group..." This convention was the direct response to Nazi mass murder. At the time, the 1946 resolution against genocide and the convention were viewed as vital components of an international prevention of this crime. As Allen Barth noted in 1948, this concrete stance against evil was necessary because the Holocaust was an event that "the human mind finds it difficult to remember...
Part of the answer may lie in the nature of the new group. Although they will issue no position papers, and say they have no official stands on city issues, many of its members have recently bought condominiums. In addition, a leading advocate of condominium conversion in the city, William H. Walsh, belongs to the CCC. Controls on condominium conversion and rent increases are the hottest issues in the November 6 election...
...group, which included at least ten Harvard students, held signs saying "Boycott Red Coach Lettuce" in front of the Coop for two hours...
...group has also collected 800 signatures on a petition asking for support for the boycott...
Volunteer Services for the Disabled, a student-run aid group, organizes readers for the blind and assistants for handicapped students with wheelchairs...