Word: turmoil
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...initial impression is one of supreme tranquillity. Only when the Maties turn out to play or watch intramural rugby games on Fridays does the campus really seem to stir. Yet beneath the surface, political turmoil is rocking Stellenbosch. The traditional relationship between the university and the ruling Afrikaner establishment has been shattered. The faculty is in intellectual rebellion against the state, and students have been discussing much more than rugby since March 6, when 27 professors and senior lecturers denounced Botha's reforms as a sham and resigned from the National Party...
...like almost all college experiences, the angst had its redeeming qualities: "True we were jealous maniacs and looked at each other's accomplishments as part of a zero-sum game: You win, I lose," Schumer writes. "But it was because of the turmoil we were in that our friendships during that period were so rich and intense...
...dollar's continuing plunge created turmoil in U.S. financial markets. As fears mounted that the greenback's weakness would boost inflation, bond prices dropped and interest rates climbed. The rate on 30-year Treasury bonds, for example, reached a 14-month high of 8.18%. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrial stocks closed at 2338.78, down 51.56 points for the week...
...think Dean Michael Spence is correct in stating that the University has a clear interest in the number and incidence of controversial speakers appearing here. The reason for this is clear enough: such speakers are a flashpoint for turmoil. This turmoil emanates from the unwillingness of foes of controversial speakers to regulate or dampen the emotionalism associated with their opposition. Thus turmoil-inducing events must be managed through University machinery--University police, administrative proctors, etc--and there are not infinite resources to be allocated to this task...
Perhaps, indeed. The 16-day congress could not have come at a more sensitive time. At issue amid the ongoing political turmoil is China's leadership into the 21st century. On one side are ambitious young reformers who want to press ahead with the radical innovations such as profits and private ownership that Deng, 82, has begun. On the other are mostly aging hard-liners determined to slow or roll back Deng's reforms and quiet the winds of Western-style democratic change, which they derisively label "bourgeois liberalization." Led by Peng Zhen, 85, chairman of the standing committee...