Word: tearfulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...students, joined by an assortment of sympathizers, were met by an overwhelming onslaught of force and fury. Some 10,000 shield-bearing policemen, armored in riot helmets, blocked major street corners. As the students marched in remembrance of their slain comrade, the police fired tear- gas grenades into their midst. Thick clouds of blinding fumes soon routed the protesters, sending them gasping and reeling. One band of Buddhist monks were gassed and shoved as they tried to enter their temple. Chanted several gray- robed monks as they were driven back: "Restore democracy! Overthrow the dictatorship...
...chastened radicals are now shifting toward a less violent, if no less confrontational, approach to political action. They responded to police tear gas last week with balloons bearing anti-Chun slogans, rather than with bricks and fire bombs. "The people hate the government, but they are afraid of violence," one protest leader said. In their new mood, the students are seeking alliances with the New Korea Democratic Party, the chief opposition force. "They criticized us for being too pro-American, and would not work with us," says Dissident Kim, a powerful party mentor. "Now they are willing to take...
...next three decades. The 50s woman parades before the audience in fashion-induced euphoria, troubled only by the urgent need to find a husband. But the 60s woman is not so superfluous: she's the "active pretty little thing," equipped with a "pretty little scarf" to keep out tear gas. The 70s bring the "independent pretty little thing," liberated to the point that she can say "fuck you" over and over with only the slightest provocation. Finally, we arrive at the woman of the 80s who, among other things, "dares to bust union drives without losing her femininity." Each decade...
...September of last year, the University decided to tear down the nine-year-old sculpture after artist Richard Fleischner, who presented the Maze to the University in 1978, expressed dismay at the condition of his work during a campus visit...
...response to the students' wishes, UMass will tear down the old structure and replace it with a new maze designed by a UMass student chosen by competition...