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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...protest the move, editors of The Hoya and The Voice have suspended publication indefinitely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Georgetown Suspends Newspaper | 11/15/1989 | See Source »

...generation did teach us, however, that the world can't be changed by our attendance, however passionate, at a rock concert or even at a draft-card burning. The new style of protest is different, and it's hidden, but it exists. It should be encouraged and expanded, not condemned...

Author: By Ghita Schwarz, | Title: Defending Our Generation | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

Until last month, when Congress restored its cachet by making it a criminal offense, flag burning had virtually gone out of style as a means of radical protest. Now desecrating the Stars and Stripes has become a bit of a fad. Last week four demonstrators staged a torching on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Among the participants: Gregory Lee Johnson, whose conviction for setting fire to a flag at the 1984 Republican Convention led to a Supreme Court ruling upholding the constitutionality of the practice. Said Johnson: "We're back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Protests: More Fuel for The Fire | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

Fujitsu, Japan's largest computer firm, has often come under attack in the West for its trade practices. U.S. rivals have accused Fujitsu of a lowball pricing policy that keeps foreign firms out of the Japanese market. But last week a howl of protest went up in Japan when Fujitsu tried to carry out such pricing at home. The uproar occurred after Hiroshima's city government sought bids to design a new computer system. Seven firms offered to do the work at prices ranging from $2,000 to $201,000. But the winner was Fujitsu, which submitted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMPETITION: No Dumping At Home | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

...steady supply of enriched uranium. On October 26th, its Pentagon Correspondent Fred Francis told Tom Brokaw that "privately, senior U.S. officials are confirming that Israel does have a secret relationship with South Africa to build Doomsday weapons. The sources tell NBC News that Israel ignored Washington's discrete protest and appears to be expanding the secret relationship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Israel, South Africa and Free Speech at Harvard | 11/8/1989 | See Source »

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