Word: silents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...National Assembly, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, cut short his official visit to the Soviet Union and returned to Paris in indignation over the exile. "As a guest of the Soviet authorities I cannot interfere in internal affairs," he said. "But my own moral principles will not allow me to remain silent...
...whistles have remained silent and no incidents have been reported this semester...
...unlike most victims, Filartiga refused to remain silent. Filartiga's abhorrence of violent methods of political control climaxed in the death of his son. Just before midnight on March 29, 1976, Joelito disappeared from his house in Asuncion, Paraguay. Two uniformed officers awoke his sister four hours later and brought her to the neighbor's home, where she discovered her brother, a beaten, slashed and electroshocked corpse. A police inspector told her it was a crime of passion; her brother had been found in bed by the neighbor's husband with his wife...
...hardline Marcos opponents among the clergy are still a minority at all levels and in all orders, but the sympathy of the silent majority, of whom Sin is the spokesman, is shifting towards their side. With increasing unity among its hierarchy, the Pope's divisions can demonstrate their power. Buttressed by the weaker publications and radio stations, the Church possesses institutional stability and a nationwide reach. Several leading opposition politicians readily admit to using Catholic and Protestant churches to distribute suppressed materials and hold illegal meetings. They also benefit from a certain "halo effect," gaining credibility because of their association...
Reagan's opponents and the press term him a conservative ideologue. They readily discuss his pronuclear stance, his attitude toward the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II) and his programs to end inflation. But they remain strangely silent about his age. The Republican debate in Iowa produced jokes and jabs about his age, but the participants never seriously addressed the possibility of a 70-year-old president. Reagan's age should be as critical a factor in his candidacy as his suggestions about American foreign policy...