Word: movements
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...should not be surprising that the latest of Doris Lessing's more than 30 books tells of the birth of a monster. Throughout her long, distinguished career, Lessing has specialized in bucking currents. Her early fiction carried a strong, if artfully submerged, feminist message. Later, when the women's movement gathered force, she did not join the parade but rather devoted her energy to a cycle of five science-fiction novels. She criticized the West when its power seemed paramount. When the enemies of democracy grew threatening, she changed her emphasis; in The Good Terrorist (1985) she showed civilized London...
Zinser, who is not deaf and does not know sign language, was named to the post last Sunday but announced her resignation early yesterday after protesters virtually halted all classes this week. Zinser said she had stepped down in response "to this extraordinary social movement of deaf people...
Alumni active in the divestment movement criticized Harvard's policy of continued investment in companies doing business in South Africa. "It's particularly shameful for Harvard to invest in [Sullivan's] name for so many years, and then when he has the courage to change his views, [for Harvard] to say that he is wrong," said Dorothee E. Benz '87, executive director of Alumni Against Apartheid...
Opponents of CLS used this policy successfullyto convince Bok to review the Trubek case, andsupporters of the movement used the same tactic toask for Bok's second look at the Dalton case...
...shots are so crisp," says Nichols. "Her movement is fantastic. You can learn a lot just by watching...