Word: sectarian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...upper balcony, not participating at all in what was a genuine victory for the genuine working class. This behavior must be part of their "proud history of strike support work at Harvard." In any case, it typifies Spart tactics: opposing authentic democratic movements, exploiting all causes for sectarian purposes...
...privately endowed, non-sectarian university, established in 1764 for male undergraduates, Brown became coeducational when it merged with Pembroke College in 1971. It now has an almost even ratio of men to women in its student body. The 40-acre main campus looks down on Providence from atop the city's College Hill. Most students live on the campus either in dorms or "theme" houses--which range from a Spanish language house to a holistic health house whose occupants do yoga and give massages to each other...
...Education and Peace Commission has decided that it "shouldn't be taking a stand for or against the referendum," said Acting Chairman Mark D. Levine. "One of the issues here is to make sure that the city as a whole is represented; we've worried about this becoming a sectarian thing...
...Israelis that their demand to keep a residual military presence in the country is unnecessary. With that aim in mind, Washington has undertaken a $251 million crash program to rebuild the regular Lebanese army, which is in a state of serious disrepair after eight years of civil war and sectarian strife. Last week 32 U.S.-made M48 tanks were hoisted off a ship in Beirut for delivery to the Lebanese army. Twenty-eight Green Berets from the U.S. Army Special Forces, part of a team of 75 American advisers now in Lebanon, will begin training the Lebanese in infantry procedures...
...more towards hindering this effort rather than aiding it. Although the leaders of Israel claim to be aware of the fundamental need for a strong and independent Lebanon, their policies belie their words. Israel has long harbored ambitions of fragmenting Lebanon into a series of states designed to be sectarian and rightist in character...