Word: oppositionism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard's Knafel Center for the social sciences has been on the drawing board for two years, but local residents' opposition has forced numerous changes in the planning.
The United States has been one of the most delinquent donors to the United Nations, in part because of opposition within the Congress. This past June, the Senate finally approved almost $1 billion for arrears to the United Nations. While this is an important step to reestablish our credibility within...
Allies were similarly upset. Britain's government was "deeply disappointed"; the Japanese Foreign Minister "extremely concerned." To be sure, there was some justification for the anxiety. It's difficult to dissuade India and Pakistan from testing nukes in each other's backyards if the U.S. won't promise to end...
Another more chilling explanation for the opposition to Emerson presented itself in the remarks of two other attendees. They attacked him for "not properly contextualizing" the fundamentalist activity he was chronicling--as if an exploration of the Middle Eastern political quagmire might somehow justify the slaughter of innocent civilians. Emerson...
The candidacy of President B. J. Habibie appeared to have suffered a deathblow Tuesday when the assembly voted to reject his speech giving account of his 16-month tenure. Habibie's prospects had dimmed Monday when powerful armed forces chief General Wiranto declined his offer of the vice presidency. Even...