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...Racial unrest in the 1992-1993 year came in many forms...
Classes were characterized by "too many big names giving perfunctory lectures in huge rooms," one alumnus remembered. Another cited "impersonality, lack of meaningful support, guidance, direction" and "the University's failure to respond appropriately to student unrest...
Gryk recalled his history and literature tutorials turning into protest meetings, where Shear said section discussion generally moved beyond the syllabi and became preoccupied with the contemporary political unrest...
...singled out unrest that resulted from the displacement of "environmental refugees" who lacked food because of damage to land resulting from climate changes as an example of an environmentally-induced problem...
MANAMA, Bahrain: Bahrain's ruling Suni government struck back at Shiite dissidents Monday, arresting 29 for allegedly attempting to overthrow the ruling Khalifa family with the help of Iran. "For nearly two years Bahrain's government has been experiencing political opposition and unrest from the country's Shiite majority," reports TIME's Scott MacLeod. "The Shiites have been demanding more political and economic representation from the ruling Sunni monarchy." Bahrain's Information Minister Mohammed al Muttawa said the plotters were part of an Iranian-backed group that wants to install a Shiite Muslim government modeled on Tehran's. Despite protests...