Word: interment
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...unrest in Argentina. In recent weeks an estimated 2 million wage earners (out of a total of less than 10 million) have gone on strike. In part at least, all of them share the credo expressed by the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo four years ago to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: "We have to understand the truth, otherwise a shadow of sadness will forever hang over the descendants of this shattered generation...
...Alabama beat paths to Korea's door seeking investments. Justifiably proud of along history and sophisticated cultural achievements, in recent years Koreans have regained an acute faculty of national and racial pride and basked in this belated recognition. Koreans are counting on events such as this month's Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Conference and the upcoming Seoul Olympics in 1988 to mark their full acceptance in the fellowship of advanced nations. KAL 007 was a slap in the face that underscored Korea's weakness in the international arena and its continued dependence on the US and to a lesser extent...
...presidents of Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh and William & Mary announced plans for a new "Colonial League," which would be "associated" with the Ivies through inter-league scheduling...
...have combined to form the Coalition for the Campaign Against Public Investment in South Africa. Thus umbrella group brings together the Quaker American Friends service committee (AFSC), Clergy and Laity Concerned (CALC), founded in 1965 by anti-war activities Rev. Martin Luther King and Rev. William Sloane Coffin the Inter-Faith Centre for Corporate Responsibility, which represents 200 church groups, the United Methodists at the United Nations, the American Committee in Africa and Trans Africa...
...Inter-Faith centre, for example, a largely Roman Catholic organization, a blanket call for divestiture has been rejected as too extreme. The group instead works for a platform in opposition to bank loans to South Africa, new investment in the country, sales to the military or police forces of South Africa, and Krugerrand sales in this country Krugerrands are gold coins minted by the South African government...