Word: silents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dance. When one of the students went to call the police, Francis pushed the other against a wall. After he was questioned by the Harvard Police and then released, he proceeded inside Phillips Brooks House and pushed Lowell McGee, as reported in The Crimson. Yet the article was silent about the two earlier assaults...
...dilemma for American Jews. Though they have traditionally supported whoever held power in Israel, they now find it increasingly difficult to justify the present government's actions. Reflecting this ambivalence, a senior staffer in the Washington office of a national Jewish organization told TIME: "There's a silent majority that opposes the settlements. They think Begin is hurting Israel's image. He looks too much like a tough guy, especially pushing on Hebron. But American Jews will not tell Israel how to ensure its security. Nothing is going to happen to us if the P.L.O. takes over...
...Rachel Carson, The Silent Spring...
...care about is gay, and the chances are that you don't know it. And the reason that you don't know it is that they're afraid to tell you. Until your friend/sister/roommate/uncle feels more comfortable with you and with him or herself, he or she will remain silent and fearful. There will exist a powerful barrier between you as long as (s)he believes that you might despise the person (s)he really is. Only when the majority realizes that homophobia is destructive to their own lives can the situation improve for everyone. As long as straight people...
...homes for fear of being caught in another round of the bloodletting between right and left extremists that has already claimed more than 700 victims this year. Thousands of others thronged to the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, where Romero's body lay in state, and joined a silent procession behind the cortege as it was taken to the Metropolitan Cathedral. "He was our father and protector," explained one grief-stricken woman carrying a small bouquet of yellow flowers. Said a middle-aged salesman: "The people will never forget this vile...