Word: hooliganism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Tiananmen Square by simply standing in front of them. Later, human rights groups identified the man as Wang Weilin, the 19-year-old son of a Beijing factory worker. Wang was reportedly arrested soon after his brave deed and accused of being a "counterrevolutionary, a traitor and a political hooligan" who attempted to subvert members of the army. Because of the severity of the charges, it was widely feared that he had been executed. In an interview with ABC's Barbara Walters aired two weeks ago, Communist Party chief Jiang Zemin said he could not say what had happened...
...many non-Jewish Soviets is that such nationalistic ravings might gain support in a time of heightened ethnic tensions and economic uncertainty. In January a band of some 50 Pamyat supporters disrupted a meeting of liberal writers in Moscow, waving anti-Semitic banners and shouting racist slogans. One hooligan warned the crowd, "We have come this time with a megaphone -- but next time with a gun." On a video clip shown on state-run television, a protester shouted, "Neither the KGB nor the party can help you now. We will be masters of the country, and you, bastards, should take...