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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Peiyuan's crime, in the eyes of the communists, was to have been born to a relatively prosperous landowning family. His father, who had five younger sons and a daughter as well as the twins, ignored all pleas to flee to Hong Kong before the revolution. His attempt to ingratiate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TWINS: Splintered for decades by China's violent revolution, a family comes back together | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

Gates turns out to be right. Wielding their guns, they enter the designated bunker, Gates holding the cease-fire agreement in front of him like a search warrant, repeating, "In the name of President Bush, and under the terms of the cease fire-agreement, let us through. We are here...

Author: By Nadia A. Berenstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Gulf, Anyone? | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

There were several days of pleas and threats of violence, Chavunduka said. Then they began to torture him at a professional torture center and at the military barracks, he said.

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nieman Fellow Faces Trial In Africa | 9/21/1999 | See Source »

A captivated audience packed Ticknor Lounge last night to listen to pleas for prison reform from three women who had themselves spent time behind bars.

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Female Ex-Convicts Call For Prison Reform | 4/21/1999 | See Source »

But for all the pleas from council leaders calling for a renewed focus on student services, the council still passed--by a single vote--a divestment bill, encouraging the University to sever ties with companies with a history of human rights and environmental violations.

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Urges University to Cut Ties to Irresponsible Businesses | 4/6/1999 | See Source »

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