Word: unrest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Morrissey seems to be playing dodge with the question. He says that he senses no ill-feeling or unrest on the campus, and that this is the quietest year in a long time. He says he tries to help anyone who comes to talk to him about problems at the school. For example, he says he spoke with a student-faculty group that came to him last April to protest the second attempt to fire Allen. He promised them that Allen would be rehired. And he was: Allen received a terminal contract for 1973-74, two weeks after the summer...
...April or early May, was regarded as especially urgent in view of the Common Market's increasing disarray and the growing rift in the Atlantic Alliance. At home, Pompidou's government is beset by alarming inflation, aggravated by the oil crisis, and the threat of widespread labor unrest...
During the unrest of the last 60's, The Crimson not only reported the conflicts within and beyond the, University, it also undertook investigative reporting with a gravity of purpose unusual for a college paper. while excesses were sometimes committed, we, the readers, always knew that objective reporting and representative editorializing on major issues were the goals and, usually, the reality. The recent spate of articles on Prof. Kiely and Hugh Berryman have typified an inexplicable decline in what had augured to be an emerging Crimson tradition of high journalistic standards. This deterioration is inexplicable because many of the questions...
Eventually, of course, Wilson must confront some hard decisions. In the budget message later this month, he will have to indicate which programs will be slashed or which taxes raised to provide the funds for his generous welfare increases. He also faces potential union unrest. There is the danger that the hefty wage boost he granted to the coal miners (up to 30% in some cases) will embolden other workers when their contracts expire this year. This could land Wilson in the same dilemma that led to Heath's recent electoral defeat: a battle with the unions to restrain...
Meanwhile, two people were reported killed and 14 injured in an unexplained blast at an army ranger camp in Lamego, which the government said had nothing to do with military unrest...