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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Also yesterday, nearly 10,000 people marched through Leipzig, East Germany, demanding legalization of opposition groups and adoption of democratic reforms. It was the largest mass opposition demonstration since 1953, when workers rose throughout East Germany in an ill-fated uprising later crushed by Soviet tanks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Embassy Harbors E. German Refugees | 10/3/1989 | See Source »

Harvard owns approximately one percent of the company and is the 19th largest stockholder, according to UMW. Financial experts said they doubted that Harvard would have much influence on company policy by selling its holdings...

Author: By Ryan Schneider, | Title: Leverage in Strike Limited | 10/3/1989 | See Source »

...case, the students meet with Lipscomb three times a week in Mallinckrodt Laboratory's largest classroom, which seats at least 100 people...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Luminary Science Prof. Draws Few for Class | 10/3/1989 | See Source »

...term survival. In a business in which size has become synonymous with strength, Uniroyal Goodrich is looking to Michelin for financial might and technical know-how. If the merger is completed, the new company (combined 1988 sales: $10.9 billion) may well surpass Goodyear ($10.8 billion) as the world's largest tiremaker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIRES Gulp!: It's the Michelin Man | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

...hesitate before attempting to quell the disturbances. More than 400 people, most of them Iranians, died during the violent clashes, leading to a break in diplomatic relations between the two countries the following year. Last week the Saudis demonstrated their resolve to punish disrupters of the hajj. In the largest public execution in recent years, swordsmen in Mecca publicly beheaded 16 Kuwaiti citizens for detonating bombs in Mecca last July...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saudi Arabia: Off with Their Heads | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

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