Word: rebel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Secondly, it turns out that the alleged weapons deals outlined in the State Department's globetrotting "white paper" were uncovered by the Salvadorean army. The army claims to have found this "incontrovertible evidence" of foul play in captured rebel hide-outs. This assertion tends to cast some doubt on the validity of our reports. Generally, the State Department overstates the influence of the 250-member Communist Party in shaping policy of the Revolutionary Democratic Front--which is composed of every major opposition party in El Salvador, every trade union, teachers, doctors, students, and the Catholic Church...
...does not delve into the inner machinations of the Politburo, nor does he try to second-guess past and present policy-decisions. Instead, he tries to explore the roots and meaning of Soviet dissent; to show how the abuse of human rights actually affects those who do object, rebel and petition. With candid passion, Rubenstein masterfully intertwines the three major strands of Soviet dissident life--the historical, the personal and the legal--to create a three-dimmensional portrait of life under political repression...
...Social Democrats' divisions were not confined to the Bundestag. After an attempted Cabinet reshuffle following a local construction scandal, rebel party members last month forced the resignation of West Berlin Mayor Dietrich Stobbe. Riot police in Hamburg chased thousands of demonstrators who had been marching in protest against a proposed new nuclear power plant 70 miles away at Brokdorf. The government-backed project was dealt a substantial blow when Hamburg Mayor Hans-Ulrich Klose, a prominent S.P.D. member, threw his support to the antinuke environmentalists...
...Social Democracy" to protest radical policies and eventually form the basis of a new centrist party. They immediately became known as the "Gang of Three," but were quickly joined by a fourth, former Deputy Leader Roy Jenkins. By week's end, nine more Labor M.P.s had joined the rebel ranks...
There is nothing so tragically poignant as a rebel without a cause, or, as in this case, a writer without a story. There was, of course, to be a story, and a fairly salacious story at that. The women's basketball squad took to the road yesterday afternoon, heading for the Big Apple and a rollicking Ivy League battle against Barnard College, an almost guaranteed win sure to hearten team members and fans alike in their pursuit of a .500 season...