Word: lawness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...circulated detailing the events that contributed to Zhao's unofficial removal. As recounted by President Yang Shangkun in these papers, Zhao's offenses included failing to support a harsh editorial in the People's Daily that condemned the demonstrators and refusing to join other Politburo members in backing martial law...
...strident Red Guard style of the '60s. The authorities tried to rein in the press. Foreign correspondents were warned to stop covering student activities, but few reporters took heed. Chinese television ceased live coverage from Tiananmen Square and began carrying statements from leaders expressing support for martial law. "Nobody takes the news broadcasts seriously these days," said an office secretary. "They are all a sham...
...hear the latest news about the law school..." I launch into tales of appointments...
Many of Watson's colleagues credit him with revitalizing the Association of Black Faculty and Administrators, a group that has become considerably more visible during his two-year stint as its co-chair. Last fall, the association released a report, written by Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell, which called on the University to raise its representation of minorities on the faculty and staff to 10 percent...
Again, the question turns on the problem of whether a system geared toward those who have long been in the country essentially discriminates against a people who by law could not emigrate freely into the U.S. before the 1960s. And who decides on "diversity," such as exemplified by athletic ability...