Word: hungered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BEIJING--Nearly a million people from all walks of life poured into central Beijing yesterday and demanded that leader Deng Xiaoping step down. Premier Li Peng told student leaders that their five-day hunger strike has thrown the city into chaos...
Undaunted by two downpours, the marchers chanted, sang, banged on pots and pans, and some acrobats did backflips as they converged on Tiananmen Square where more than 3000 college students are on a hunger strike for democracy...
BOSTON--More than 35,000 people participated in the 20th annual Walk for Hunger yesterday, trekking 20 miles through Greater Boston to raise a record $3.5 million for the hungry in Massachusetts and around the world...
...Walk for Hunger began as part of a national effort in 1969. The initial event raised $26,000 in Boston. In 1975, Project Bread began organizing the local walk to help fund emergency homeless shelters and relief efforts...
...Walk for Hunger spokesperson Denise Goros said walkers recorded a record $3.5 million in pledges, which topped last year's effort by 35 percent. While Goros couldn't predict how much of the pledged money the organization would actually receive, she said they usually get 80 to 90 percent from sponsors...