Word: maines
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hundred years after the advent of the French Revolution and the signing of the U.S. Constitution, a million Chinese marched in the streets of Beijing, demanding democracy and constructing their own Statue of Liberty. Despite the government's wanton massacre in the main roads surrounding Tiananman Square of 200,000 protesters on Saturday, and the threat of further crackdowns, hundreds of thousands returned to the streets this week in one of the most courageous defiances of government authority the world has seen in recent years, proving that, ultimately, force can not destroy a people's deep yearning to be free...
...main purpose of the rules was to restrict the presence to women in Harvard Houses to specified times. Radcliffe students could stay in the Harvard houses from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. In 1952 the hours were extended until 11 p.m. in the evening on Saturdays and finally, in 1956, women were allowed in the Houses, at the Masters' discretion, until midnight on the weekends. At Radcliffe, 1962 saw the extension of parietal hours to 25 per week, at the discretion of the dormitory...
There has been a patriotic fervor to the demonstrations in Beijing. The protesters sang the national anthem and saluted the country's flag. It is all but impossible to imagine something similar happening if Latvians took over the main square in Riga or Ukrainians mobbed downtown Kiev. They would be singing songs and waving flags that would symbolize their dreams of independence and their resentment of Russian domination. Gorbachev's picture might be on their posters too. However, that would be because the demonstrators would see him as not just a reformer but a liberator. That is one role that...
...based in Los Angeles, Reingold enjoys peering ahead into the Pacific century. "Our main weakness in dealing with Japan is that we have not really understood it or had a coherent policy," he says. "We need to realize that its political economy is a type unto itself. It's not Keynesian or Marxist. It's Japanese...
Such forebodings have caused Hong Kong to react sharply to each twist and turn in the power struggle next door. The Hang Seng index, the main indicator of value of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, swung wildly throughout the week. After dropping nearly 11% on Monday, the index rose 9.3% the next day on signs that the Chinese crisis might be easing. But the continued unrest in China led to further whipsawing that left the index at 2765.67 when trading ended Friday, down a substantial 12% for the week...