Word: minority
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rising to Maronite leadership, Bashir had to fight not only Palestinians and leftist Muslims but also some of his fellow Maronites. In the tense atmosphere, a minor automobile mishap could touch off a firefight between Bashir's Phalangist warriors and the "tigers" of former President Camille Chamoun, often with bloody results. Gemayel's Phalangists were accused of murdering a son and granddaughter of former President Suleiman Franjieh (whose own followers, according to local belief, had once gunned down 17 members of a rival family in a church in northern Lebanon...
Pearson may find it slightly more difficult to rack up the yardage against Harvard, however. The Minutemen saw two of their best offensive lineman go down with injuries in last week's 27-14 loss to Holy Cross; right guard Scott LaFond has recovered from a minor ankle injury and intends to play this afternoon, but center Tony Pasquale's sore knee might keep him out of action...
Operations were only slightly hindered by minor labor strikes, but it remains unclear whether major aspects of the most ambitious renovation project in Harvard's history will be finished on schedule. At Lowell House and Winthrop House, for example, workmen were supposed to be packing their tools by last week, but huge swatches of scaffolding and signs warning. "Danger: Hard Hats Required," remained up through the weekend. The $40 million repair jobs include extensive interior repairs as well as exterior structural work...
Despite some minor eccentricities, Michael Graves' building makes primary that element most wanting in a Bauhaus-inspired glass box: human scale...
Warsaw's bosses at first tried to dismiss the demonstrations as minor disturbances by bands of "rampant" youths. But the government's own figures told a different story. Officials announced that 4,050 Poles had been detained, and that up to 75,000 in 54 communities had taken part in demonstrations. In addition to the four acknowledged deaths, 148 policemen and 63 demonstrators were reported injured. Although the government insisted that the demonstrations enjoyed no wide popular support, the world had been given vivid proof of the Polish people's determination to win back the freedoms that...