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...Terada's limited appointment at Harvard has not prevented her from speaking out in support of a strong Afro-Am department here. Terada says that student protests, such as last semester's 23-hour sit-in at University Hall, are necessary to draw attention to the plight of the department...
While Palestinian support for Saddam confounds many Americans, the U.S. may have no choice but to seriously address their plight soon after the liberation of Kuwait. Reason: the U.S. will owe at least that much to its Arab allies, who, though infuriated by the Palestinians' crowing for Saddam, remain publicly committed to the idea of a Palestinian homeland...
...sheep men's miseries are not the countryside's only plight. Thanks to bumper harvests around the world, wheat farmers face their lowest returns in more than half a century, and the international embargo on exports to Iraq has also eliminated Australia's second-biggest customer. Aggravating the crisis is cutthroat grain dumping by the U.S. and the European Community; both unload surplus wheat overseas at subsidized prices...
Collins, the Genesis-drummer-turned-pop-icon, was cited for best male pop vocal, song of the year and record of the year for "Another Day in Paradise," his single about the plight of the homeless. His multiplatinum "...But Seriously" was in the running for album of the year...
...time to participate in the nonviolent anti-Duvalier movement. After Duvalier's ouster, Aristide continued to be a persistent critic of the government and an outspoken proponent of the "liberation theology" movement, based in Latin America, which holds that the clergy has a moral obligation to improve the plight of the poor by organizing them politically...