Word: protestant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...psychologically pathological in the 20th, they seem to cavalierly attribute malicious motives to doctors, suggesting they are the vanguard of a sexist society. These doctors, Ehrenreich and English contend, seek out rebelliousness among women and squelch it by spiriting away the sick patient before she can express her protest. The doctors "betrayed the trust" innocent women placed in them. By focusing on the theories and treatments the doctors invented to keep women in their place, the authors evade an analysis of the processes of social repression...
Amin's invasion of Tanzania, however, was apparently triggered by internal problems-specifically, a mutiny of his troops. The crack Simba (Lion) Battalion rebelled in protest against the country's sagging economy. In early October, dissident troops ambushed Amin at the presidential lodge in Kampala, but he escaped with his family in a helicopter. Efforts by loyalist troops to smash the rebellion, which had its strongest support in southern Uganda, spilled over into Tanzania, where anti-Amin exiles joined the fighting. Big Daddy's attempt to disguise the true nature of these clashes, and to divert attention...
Justly irate feminists in Manchester picketed the Star's launch-night reception breakfast and altered some of the paper's promotional posters to read A STAR is PORN. Their protest did not prevent a sellout. Earlier, the Star had hurdled another obstacle: a demand by the Communist Morning Star for a court order barring the new paper from sowing confusion among the laboring classes by appropriating its stellar name. The judge lost no time denying the motion. Said he, quite accurately: "Only a moron in a hurry would be misled...
...Georgetown to Stanford, were trying to gain undue influence in the U.S. Nonetheless, some of the resistance to the U.S.C. center seemed more emotional than anything else. Jewish Businessman Allen Ziegler, a U.S.C. alumnus,, announced that he had sent back his lifetime membership card in the Alumni Association in protest. Said Ziegler: "I wonder where they're going to put the mosque...
With the South African issue generating increased student protest, many students see the debate over CRR as no longer merely symbolic. Consequently, other Houses will probably join in the boycott in the next few weeks...