Word: socialistic
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...Uncle Jack never made a neutral impression in his life--always positive, always negative," remembered journalist Susan Reed, speaking about her great-uncle, John Reed '10. And last night an audience of more than 50 fellows on whom Reed--journalist, poet, and socialist revolutionary--made a strong impression traveled to Adams House to celebrate his 100th birthday...
...size, losing government subsidies and, in many cases, being turned over to private enterprise. The British government has sold to the public major shares of its national airline and telephone and gas companies. In France Conservative Premier Jacques Chirac is carrying out a sweeping reversal of the nationalizations that Socialist President Francois Mitterrand engineered in the early 1980s...
...Bourguiba, 84, who has ruled the small North African nation (pop. 7.6 million) since it gained independence from France in 1956, regularly conjures up foreign plots in order to justify suppression of dissent. Despite his age and frail health, Bourguiba's hold on power is virtually absolute: his Destourian Socialist Party holds every seat in parliament, most opposition newspapers have been shut down, and competing political parties are restricted...
...They're out to stomp out every single communist political group, every single socialist group, every single progressive political organiza- tion in the world," Sheehan said. "This is oneof the two largest threats to civil rights in theworld--the other is the KGB," he said...
...attempt to settle the matter, the French last week held a referendum on independence in the islands. The result: 48,611 vs. 842 in favor of remaining a French territory. But Kanaks argued that the tally was not conclusive. As a result of a boycott organized by the Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front, less than 20% of all eligible Kanak voters cast ballots. Said Jean-Marie Tjibaou, president of the Kanak front: "The referendum in no way changes the situation...