Word: unrestful
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...government's attempts to look tough were partially undermined by growing labor unrest. The Johannesburg area has been hit by a strike of 20,000 South African Transport Services workers. Nearly 60 railway cars, mostly on commuter trains from the huge black township of Soweto outside Johannesburg, were fire bombed last week, and many others were stoned. Several passengers were injured, and one young black was shot and wounded in the leg, reportedly as he tried to hurl a flaming torch into a railway car. The strike, which started a month ago in a minor dispute between the Transport Services...
...proposed cutting back of most of the college's graduate school programs has caused unrest among students. Under the new plan, only Bryn Mawr's "most prestigious" programs, such as Classics, Archaeology, and Art History, would continue to exist, Cisneros said. There are currently graduate programs in 26 fields...
Jackson laid blame for racial unrest at UMass and other schools at the feet of the Reagan administration, saying "the frustration and alienation felt along the lines of race represent a lack of moral leadership coming from the White House...
Alfonsin's victory, however, will not quiet the unrest that surges through his armed forces. Argentinian democracy is safer this week than last, yet still not safe. Nonetheless, Alfonsin's achievement may be a hopeful sign for Latin America's attempts to nurture democracy...
...result of all the scandals and the intensifying antagonism between the main players in the coalition has been a pervasive national sense of unease. Although there has been little unrest in the streets beyond a sprinkling of student and Arab protests, the malaise is palpable. Says Hanoch Smith, a leading Israeli public opinion pollster: "The crisis of confidence has been brewing for a long time, and it's slowly getting worse...