Word: hungered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Phnom-Penh, officials of the Heng Samrin regime reluctantly conceded to the Senators that at least 2.25 million Cambodians faced extreme "hunger" and that 165,000 tons of rice were needed in the next six months. Nonetheless, the government turned down the Senators' proposal to open a truck route from Thailand that would greatly increase deliveries of famine relief supplies by the International Red Cross, UNICEF and other agencies. Phnom-Penh officials were obviously more concerned about preventing food from falling into the hands of the Khmer Rouge insurgents than they were with saving hundreds of thousands of Cambodians from...
...addition to recruiting. SAC is raising funds and lobbying for legislation. At the university-wide fast SAC and Harvard Hunger Action plan for November 15, SAC members will distribute postcards for students to send to Congressmen urging immediate passage of Cambodian legislation...
...could not have been more untimely: the country has been troubled by new outbreaks of unrest. South Korea's economic boom has brought not only prosperity, but also a fresh appetite for long-denied political freedoms. Last month the new tensions between Park's authoritarianism and the hunger for reform erupted in an open revolt by Park's political opposition and an explosion of student riots...
Carina Campobasso '81, a member of the Harvard Hunger Action Committee (HHAC), which organized the fast, said yesterday that 2980 undergraduates have already agreed to fast. The total number fasting will surpass 50 per cent of the student body by tonight, she added...
...SUCCESSFUL Cambodian relief effort demands the participation of individual Americans as well as our government. Harvard students may take part by supporting the November 15 fast sponsored by the Harvard Hunger Action committee. Food Services will contribute one dollar for every student who pledges to fast that day. The committee will donate the proceeds to Oxfam-America. Sign-up tables will be in the dining halls today through Thursday...