Word: mcmaster
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...formation of Poland's independent trade unions attacked the heart of Communist theology. As Adam Bromke, an expert on Eastern Europe at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont, writes in the current issue of Foreign Policy: "It undermines the legitimacy on which Communist power rests by refuting the claim of the Communist Party to be the sole authentic representative of the working class." Communist orthodoxy predicates authoritarian rule: a bedrock belief of Marxism-Leninism is the absolute dictatorship of the proletariat, as represented by its vanguard, the Party. In practical terms, Moscow-style Communism also insists on rigid central planning...
...pain appears to be psychological. Some back specialists say that in as many as 80% of all cases the pain is due not to any overt organic problem but to such elusive factors as stress, worry and other mental attitudes. Dr. John Basmajian of Canada's McMaster University puts even greater emphasis on the psychological aspect of backaches...