Word: tibet
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...names change. Mitchell, in his response to the President's State of the Union address, brought up China, El Salvador and Lithuania. Mario Cuomo, questioning George Bush's motive for intervening in the gulf, asks ironically, Was it designed to curb aggression? Then why not intervene in Afghanistan or Tibet...
...original case of irredentism, the desire of Italian nationalists to seize lands governed by Austria -- Italia irredenta, or unredeemed Italy -- was a complicating factor in World War I. Nor does the trouble necessarily end when irredentists achieve their goals. Tibet, after centuries under the sway of China, declared complete independence in 1913, only to be invaded by Chinese troops in 1951. Largely as a result, India and China fought a border...
...Shall we use some big words like 'democracy' and 'freedom' and 'justice'?" Yes, Luce replied, of course. This does not mean that it is our task "to police the whole world nor to impose democratic institutions on all mankind including the Dalai Lama and the good shepherds of Tibet." But America must primarily blame herself if "the world environment in which she lives" is "unfavorable to the growth of American life." And our only chance to make our democracy work is as part "of a vital international economy" and "an international moral order...
...range of options open for students taking time off is as varied as the individuals involved. Chloe A. Breyer '90-91 spent half of her year abroad in Nepal, Tibet and India. She spent part of her time teaching English to monks...
...students to call their congressional representatives today to request they co-sponsor House Joint Resolution 556 (HJR 556), designating May 13th, the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, as a "national Day in Support of Freedom and Human Rights in China and Tibet...