Word: protestation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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About 100 Harvard undergraduates will travel to Washington this coming Saturday to protest the persecution of Soviet Jews on the eve of a summit between President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev...
...activists said they planned the rally for the day before Gorbachev's arrival so that it will not be seen as a protest of the visit...
...Harvard student whose family emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1979 said that she would definitely participate in the protest. Julia Fayngold '91 said, "On a personal level I feel that I have to go to try and help gain the release of others who can't leave. If things like [the demonstration] did not happen then my family would probably still be there...
...Blaize has been criticized for his remote, autocratic style. Last year his administration abolished a labyrinthine tax code in favor of a 20% value-added tax. Grenadians bemoaned the levy in a calypso song and even dubbed a local virus the VAT flu. Blaize has begun, amid yelps of protest, to reduce the flaccid civil service, which totals 7,800 employees in a population...
...demonstrators clashed with police over three days. On Saturday, at least two dozen homemade bombs rocked the capital. Altogether, three civilians and one policeman were killed, scores injured, and 2,000 arrested. The biggest casualty, however, was Bangladesh's meandering course toward democracy. Ershad ordered the arrest of Protest Organizers Begum Khaleda Zia, 43, and Sheik Hasina Wazed, 40, the country's two top opposition leaders. Khaleda Zia is the daughter and Sheik Hasina the wife of assassinated former Presidents...