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Dolours and Hugh Feeney, an I.R.A. comrade who is also in jail for the London bombings, formed the "People's Democracy," a militant offshoot of the civil rights movement, and took their cause to the streets. The sisters had been studying to become teachers. But they also began to investigate the revolutionary polemics of Che Guevara and Soledad Brother George Jackson. The girls learned the techniques of bombmaking and small-arms use in I.R.A. training courses across the border in the Republic. By the time they plotted the London bombings, both girls had become seasoned veterans of back-alley...
...formation of the CLUW is evidence of a new, pragmatic offshoot of the women's liberation movement: blue-collar feminism. Encouraged by their recent breakthroughs into traditionally male jobs such as apprentice seaman, and construction workers, women on the lower levels of the economic ladder are taking a more aggressive stance. In Gary, Ind., women in District 31 of the United Steelworkers of America will soon open a chapter of the National Organization for Women at union headquarters. In Manhattan, Cornell University's New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations offers a series of courses...
Credit for the attack on Qiryat Shemona was claimed by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command-a small, radical and secretive offshoot of George Habash's P.F.L.P. Threatening "more revolutionary suicide missions" inside Israel, a spokesman for the Command told a news conference in Beirut that "this campaign is aimed at blocking an Arab-Israeli peace settlement." In spite of the potentially appalling consequences, the raid was applauded in much of the Arab world. The Palestine Liberation Organization, headed by Yasser Arafat, praised the action for carrying the battle to "the enemy...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Merger Fund will not be part of this year's fund drive. Started last year, it was an offshoot of the senior solicitation fund. Because the money is earmarked for use in the event of a Harvard-Radcliffe merger, the funds are currently in limbo. "I don't think any money has come in this year for the fund," Wigglesworth said...
...differences between the two mountains are immense. Adams, the opposite pillar of the horseshoe, presents a striking contrast to Washington. The steep and ragged upper reaches of the mountain culminate in a peak of one large rock which is unreachable except by foot. Only one trail, an offshoot of the Appalachian Trail, which skirts the peak, leads to the summit of Adams. Most hikers climbing over the whole range stay on the main trail so it is rare to meet other parties on the summit even on warm, sunny summer days. The winds at the top of Adams are usually...