Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...confrontation between the people of the People's Republic of China and the government created a surreal deadlock -- chaotic yet tranquil, jubilant but darkly ominous. Using lampposts and bicycle racks, bands set up barricades on the avenues leading into the heart of the city. Word spread of a military plot to deploy forces via the Beijing subway system, but the plan went awry when transit workers decided to back the striking students and shut down the power supply. "The people will win!" many exclaimed. Still, the presentiment of danger always lurked, and several dozen people reportedly were injured in clashes...
...Black Greeks feel that our organizations were all born for a common purpose: to further the cause and contribute to the struggle for Black equality; to spread brotherly and sisterly love; and to uplift our brothers and sisters not as fortunate as ourselves. We have succeeded in all of these respects for many years. If it were not for Black Greek organizations, much that has needed to be done in our Black communities would have gone undone. However, the fact that we do not glorify and laud our own accomplishments has hurt us. The fact that we do not speak...
...Fashion designer Thierry Mugler imported two voguers from New York to camp it up on the runway at his recent Paris show, and teens are getting glimpses of vogueing in a music video playing on MTV, singer Taylor Dayne's Tell It to My Heart. The craze has already spread to Chicago. Predicts New York City video producer David Bronstein: "I see a lot of choreographers who could be influenced. I see a big crossover there for stage, for TV, for film...
...Rumors spread through the crowd yesterday afternoon that Deng had retired, touching off welps for joy and standing ovations...
When California residents voted to brake the state's runaway car-insurance rates last November, alarmed insurers sped into court to overturn the referendum. But last week the California Supreme Court upheld most of the measure, thus increasing the prospect that a revolt against high auto premiums could soon spread to other states. In a unanimous decision, the seven justices affirmed the major provisions of Proposition 103, which slashes car premiums and other types of property and casualty rates 20% below the level of November 1987. Good drivers will get another...