Word: harassement
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...could not believe that people with suchauthority could use it in this way to harass andintimidate," she wrote. "I was treated like acriminal for being a Christian...
...state and national anti-choice organizations claim they have never heard of Salvi. They say meekly, "We didn't tell him to do it." Don't believe it. The anti-choice movement, at every level from Sunday morning pulpit preachings urging "protection of the unborn" to sidewalk counselors who harass doctors and women with screams of "baby-killer," "murder," and "assassin," is sending out a call to arms...
...requested an air strike by NATO planes under the standard rules of engagement. Despite the fact that the U.N. Security Council would shortly condemn the assault as "a heinous act of violence," U.N. commanders in Sarajevo refused to pass the request on to NATO. As the Serbs continued to harass U.N. forces, holding peacekeepers hostage and closing down the Sarajevo airport, U.N. commanders did nothing. "The U.N. is never going to fight back," remarked one American official, in an attempt to explain the commanders' conviction that air strikes only encourage the Serbs to intensify attacks on their vulnerable troops. "They...
...fight their way out. Commanders from both Bosnian and Serbian camps crave the U.N.'s light tanks and armored vehicles, which the peacekeepers have vowed to take with them. The Serbs could fire down on the departing columns as they move along the mountain roads. Snipers and artillery could harass convoys ambushed at roadblocks. There are dozens of bridges and tunnels along the way from Sarajevo to the coast, all vulnerable to sabotage. NATO would fight back with armed helicopters, asserting control over localized chunks of the heights while the peacekeepers, protected by NATO tanks and artillery, slowly thread their...
...mention all of this because Asa and I had a reunion of sorts on Tuesday night at the Harvard-Dartmouth basketball game. Asa, after spending a year at prep school, is now a freshman and backup center at Dartmouth. I watched the Harvard crowd harass him, I watched him score an athletic fastbreak basket and I watched him grab an offensive rebound...