Word: joining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...curious that many accept the common wisdom that the Cambridge police force is generally racist and that its officers often harass minorities indiscriminately, but dismiss suggestions that the Harvard police could share the same attitudes and prejudices. As a rule, HUPD attracts the same type of person that would join the Cambridge force; generally local Massachusetts residents of working class origins who may be angered by seeing middle and lower income Blacks receiving opportunities that their children never will...
...Join the Crowd...
...seems that the present government in Israel does not see the core of the conflict in the Palestinian problem, but rather in the refusal of the Arab states to recognize Israel's right to exist and to live in secure borders. The Palestinians, on their side, would not join negotiations unless Israel recognizes their right for self-determination...
...answer to this, according to Saunders, is American mediation, based on an American public declaration of policy encouraging the Palestinians to join the talks. After hearing the specific outlines of Saunders' proposed declaration, my impression is that there is but little doubt whether any Israeli government, not only the Likud, would join any talks on this basis...
...later, after a pilgrimage to Africa and Mecca, Malcolm's perceptions changed slightly, and he tried to join the efforts of other civil rights leaders. In his autobiography, written with Alex Haley, Malcolm X wrote...