Word: protests
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...policing crimes. Is Harvard then to refuse money from all federal agencies, since the government has done things in the past which do not jive with Harvard's supposed mission as liberal institution? The CIA is not South Africa, from which many American companies have divested in order to protest the actions of the apartheid regime. There is no moral basis, then, for rejecting money from the CIA but accepting it basically without restriction from all other sectors in society--industries, other government agencies, foundations and wealthy donors...
...skaters, street performers and muscle-bound beachcombers. Now Venice is coping with an unwanted new reputation: as a sunny campground for 2,000 homeless people. A tent city on the beach has spurred fears that Venice will become an oceanside skid row. A neighborhood group has been organized to protest a planned soup kitchen and shelter in the Rose Avenue residential area; some claim that an increase in petty crime is driving away both tourists and businesses...
Poland is not the only East bloc nation facing hard economic times. Rumania, where living standards are even lower than in Poland, appears likely to begin suspending payments on $2.2 billion worth of debt to the World Bank to protest that institution's policy of adding the costs of currency fluctuations to its payback schedule. Meanwhile, authorities announced that leaders of last month's highly unusual protest against the repressive regime of President Nicolae Ceausescu, as well as the management of the factory where the demonstration started, had been fired from their jobs and face prosecution...
...group of students and faculty representatives met last evening to discuss how the Harvard student body can best influence university policy on free speech and protest...
...purpose of the series of discussions will be to create a list of policy regulations that would allow students to better understand their rights and responsibilities concerning protest at public speeches, Nadeau said...