Word: attended
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many students yesterday said that people would be more likely to attend the event if more money were slated to go to China...
Vacationing in the northern industrial city of Rostock last month, Egon Krenz decided to attend a soccer match. The outing may have been business as much as pleasure: as the Politburo member who handled youth affairs, Krenz also oversaw the country's sports programs. Soon after Krenz settled into his seat, an announcement blared over the public address system that the politician was in the stadium. Cheers and applause? Hardly. The fans booed lustily...
...because of the destination he has in mind. De Klerk's policy, fully endorsed by the ruling National Party, is one of constitutionally guaranteed "group rights" defined by race, including the right of whites to veto legislation they might consider threatening, to live in whites-only neighborhoods and to attend segregated schools. "Ethnic and cultural ; differences exist," says Viljoen, "and should be recognized in a new constitution...
...There can be no tranquility for our people when one government lends itself to hiding corruption and distributing drugs," he said in an apparent reference to Panama, whose leaders were not invited to attend...
Willie hopes to focus the institute on his model of "controlled choice" in school desegregation, an innovative system in which families are allowed greater latitude in choosing the schools which their children will attend. Traditional school desegregation plans rely on mandatory student assignment to achieve racial balance...