Word: uproarous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what some consider a lack of diversity in the houses appears even more arbitrary when other houses--such as Adams and Lowell House--are considered. Both houses have a well-known reputation for attracting and catering to a certain "student type," yet they go unmentioned in the recent uproar about house diversity...
...There was an uproar," Walton said. "It'spurposeless for us to go ask [for help fromHarvard]." He added that the chapter's unofficialstatus would not be a problem. Zeta Psi'sPrinceton chapter is also not affiliated with itsschool, he said...
...more than ever." That battle cry helped Kurt Waldheim become President of Austria two years ago, despite an international uproar over his service with German army units that committed atrocities during World War II. But the slogan echoed with bitter irony last week as calls for his resignation mounted in the wake of a report by a panel of historians who concluded that Waldheim, 69, was well aware of war crimes but did nothing to stop them and then concealed his knowledge...
...Iacocca can understand why Wisconsin is called the Badger State. Its citizens and Governor Tommy Thompson have been in an uproar since Chrysler decided in January to shut down an 86-year-old assembly plant in Kenosha, which would put 5,500 employees out of work. Last week Iacocca offered a peace plan: a $20 million education-and-housing fund for the workers, to be financed by profits from new Chrysler vehicles sold in Wisconsin this year. Meeting with Thompson in Washington, Iacocca said he would consider keeping the plant open a few weeks or months longer than its planned...
Death may be the great equalizer, but in Los Angeles some deaths are more equal than others. Black and Hispanic leaders angrily contrasted the uproar over Toshima's killing to the indifference about violence in their neighborhoods. "There is a deep feeling in the community that the philosophy of the police department is to 'let them kill each other' in South Central L.A.," says State Assemblywoman Maxine Waters. "The black community has known for years that a problem is not a problem until it hits the white community...