Word: voided
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...very repressiveness of the Chun government gives radicals a rich soil to thrive in. South Korean students fill a political void that does not exist in some other East Asian countries. Japan, for example, permits dissent and has a vocal opposition that includes the Communist Party, which holds 27 seats in the national parliament, or Diet. But Koreans have no such democratic outlets. Kim Dae Jung, the country's most famous dissident, is barred from all political activity, and has been under frequent house arrest since returning from U.S. exile in 1985. Even left-wing books and pamphlets are officially...
Actually, the post-modernists tell us that the formless void has always already been upon us, it's just that we're only starting to notice it now. You see, no matter how hard you try, your description of reality will never be complete, nor even true with a capital T. And what you don't say is just as important as what you do say. As Jacques Derrida proclaimed gleefully last year, No matter what you say, I can undermine...
Harvard's Resolution of Rights andResponsibilities, passed by the Faculty of Artsand Sciences in 1969, guarantees freedom of speechand movement but does not discuss situations whenthese rights may be in conflict. The proposeddiscussion group may help to fill that void,according to Jewett...
...Tower Commission, the White House has acted decisively to exploit the moment. Donald Reagan was a deserving scapegoat fatted on months of scorn and derision, all of which he now takes with him, away from the White House. His replacement, former Senate Majority Leader Baker, fills the void with credibility, goodwill, and a strong excuse for everyone to let bygones be bygones...
Video game fanatics provide different reasons for playing the game. Many say simply that they play because it's fun. "They are totally void things. I don't have to think," says an Adams House resident...