Word: munro
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those beds are now without mattresses. There is no ambulance, and the hospital pickup truck has no tires. Moreover, despite the sicknesses that ravage the region, only 20 of the facility's beds are filled. "People can't come anymore because gas is so expensive," explains administrator Claudette Munro. "If they arrive here, it's to die." In the hospital's morgue, Munro pulls open a drawer holding the bodies of eight children. A newborn lies on top, still clad in pink knit baby booties. Next to him is the body of a young boy, whose ribs are so clearly...
...society where there are mechanisms for reconciliation," says Han Dongfang, "there can be a balance of various interests. But in China that mechanism doesn't exist. And the state is confused about its role." The result is a building of tensions. "The government has a choice," says Robin Munro, the Hong Kong director of Human Rights Watch/Asia. "It can try to keep the lid on by arresting more dissidents and wait for it to blow. Or it can take a brave step and offer workers a controlled way to issue their demands...
...Munro and Goodman said the goal of the Free Thought Society is the same as Harvard's--or, at least, the same as the school's motto...
...after veritas,"Munro said...
...founders said the invite anyone to join the Free Thought Society." Any religion or opinion is welcome to debate," Munro said...