Word: unrestful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Cardinal looked on from behind, Mr. Moore introduced him as "a strong advocate for racial justice" citing his ministerial work for racial equality in Mississippi and St. Louis before coming to Boston and more recently in his efforts in quelling racial unrest in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Mr. Moore went on to praise the Cardinal's good ecumenical work by forging "better ties with Protestants and Jews...
...bloodiest 24-hour periods since the recent round of violent racial unrest began in September 1984, and it pushed the total number of deaths to more than 1,300. At least 30 blacks were killed in confrontations with police, marking a sharp increase in the rate of killings just three weeks after State President P.W. Botha lifted a state of emergency, declaring that such incidents had diminished...
...Harvard may be held in high regard as an academic institution, but it will command much less respect if it takes political stands on matters unrelated to education, especially among businessmen who regard these stands as the product of student protest and campus unrest." (President Derek C. Bok, "Reflections on the Divestment of Stock," April...
...Unrest in the Indian state of Punjab took a dramatic turn last week. Thousands of militant Sikhs overwhelmed police barricades and tried to storm the state legislature in the city of Chandigarh. Paramilitary police drove the rioters off with tear gas and gunfire, killing two and injuring...
South Africa has suffered 18 months of riots and other violent protests, during which a total of some 1,200 people have died. The unrest began after the Botha government pushed through constitutional changes that created separate legislative chambers for whites, coloreds and Indians, while excluding blacks. Police and other security forces, who already enjoyed ample authority to conduct arbitrary searches, seizures and arrests under the country's normally severe security laws, were granted even more extensive powers. Nearly 8,000 people, about 2,000 of them under the age of 16, were arrested under these emergency provisions...