Word: gathered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...South China Sea to Hong Kong, mostly in rickety, open vessels. Last week 51 of them -- eight men, 17 women and 26 children -- learned they had risked their lives for nothing. Awakened at 3 a.m. at the Phoenix House refugee detention center in Kowloon, they were asked to gather their belongings, then herded into trucks by government personnel, some equipped with batons and shields. From there they were taken to Kai Tak Airport and put aboard a jet. Destination: Hanoi...
...dusk the streets are deserted. "Anyone who goes out at night may be shot on sight," says Abdel Nasser, 24. "We sit and think only of revenge." In a nearby hideout, Jamal and fellow activists gather to chain smoke, play cards and mythologize their suffering. When the claustrophobia becomes unbearable, they sneak up to the rooftop to stare at the stars and the sweeping spotlights from Israeli patrols. Says Bassem, 29, who has been on the run for a year: "I'm expecting one of two things: either prison or death in an ambush...
Initiative petitions to change state law go to the Legislature. If they are approved and signed by the governor, they become law. If the proposals are rejected, supporters can gather 8421 additional signatures to put them on the 1990 ballot, said Susan Pye, a spokesperson for Connolly...
Surely Harvard's social scene could use some rejuvenation. But creating even more exclusive social organizations is not the right way to correct these deficiencies. New clubs will simply further factionalize the student body by providing more ways to gather in small groups, separated from the rest of Harvard students...
KOHL is no Bismarck, and his movement will never gather the same force or militancy as that of his 19th century counterpart. Keep a close eye on central Europe, though, and you're bound to see continued politicking and constituency-building towards one Germany. If it comes, the 20th-century reunification will be built not with blood and iron, but with consensus and politics...