Word: unrested
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fact, Park's real motive appears to have been to enhance and prolong his own power. There has been none of the political instability, social unrest or economic chaos that ordinarily precedes martial law. Park already had sweeping powers under a state of emergency declared last December. These powers, invoked on the grounds of an "imminent attack" from North Korea, were used to stifle the political opposition. His new action, moreover, appears to have increased tensions and imperiled the talks with North Korea-the opposite of his stated intentions. Radio Pyongyang last week charged that Park had acted...
Drugs provide one of the quickest, easiest ways to withdraw from the ordinary waking state of consciousness. Weil rejects the notion that drug use in our society indicates internal unrest or social canker; he believes instead that "the desire to alter consciousness periodically is an innate, normal drive analogous to hunger or the sexual drive...
...documents of Western democracy, but it at least initially appeared to be an even-handed directive to all segments of the University community. Following these revisions, the Resolution served exclusively as a blueprint for disciplining unruly students without caring a whit for the political reasons that had prompted their unrest...
...that when a country dilutes its currency by spending and borrowing irresponsibly, honest enterprise wanes. Profiteering and tax evasion become the rule, social goals are unattainable, and the country ultimately becomes unmanageable. Europe's inflation is not nearly that acute, but it is causing deep political and social unrest...
Over the past few years of student unrest, boarded-up storefronts and broken glass on sidewalks have given some campus communities the look of inner-city ghettos. Now, as another college term approaches, merchants are preparing for the worst. Around the Berkeley campus of the University of California, for example, a group of store owners is organizing a credit association to help members whose property may be damaged by youthful protesters. Local businessmen are also putting together an area-wide electric-alarm system. They hope to have it finished by election night, in case President Nixon wins...