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...including four opposition leaders, who were later sentenced to six months in prison. Next day the government suspended the opposition daily La Prensa for 15 days and shut down Radio Catolica, run by the Roman Catholic Church. The moves brazenly violated President Daniel Ortega Saavedra's solemn vows to uphold civil rights. Meanwhile, the Sandinistas confiscated the vast San Antonio sugar plantation, the country's largest private business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua Lashing Out on All Fronts | 7/25/1988 | See Source »

...question the fairness of a system which sponsors an "elitist" graduation ceremony for its students. Is Harvard trying to uphold its image of being an exclusive institution? I may sound idealistic, but after paying more than $70,000 to attend the university that has the nation's biggest endowment, cannot the events of graduation be complimentary, an award for having achieved an undergraduate education...

Author: By Andrea M. Shlipak, | Title: An Expensive Send-Off | 5/18/1988 | See Source »

...lawyers representing Walters, Jane Rocamora, said she was pleased that Garrity could uphold the legality of a decision he did not agree with. "His decision is a very good thing. I am glad that his views did not make him see the evidence in a colored way," she said...

Author: By Lisa A. Taggart, | Title: Judge Sustains Harassment Ruling, But Delays Deciding Damage Sum | 5/4/1988 | See Source »

...point is, convenient "deep attachments" aside, corporations cannot be relied on to uphold their responsibility to communities that sustain them. The 60-day notification measure simply ensures that they will...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Trading In Opportunities | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

...sides publicly swear to uphold the Arias Plan, yet, as the events of the past week make clear, they privately seek to undermine it. The resulting tragedy is that the Arias Plan, which represented the only real hope for peace and democracy in Nicaragua and throughout Central America, is now on its deathbed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shooting Down a Dove | 3/24/1988 | See Source »

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