Word: national
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Congress, the 2250-member Parliament that is theoretically the nation's highest political body, gave Gorbachev the agenda he wanted for its 10-day session. Gorbachev urged them to focus on the economy...
...reject the compartmentalization that goes on in the Harvard administration and faculty because it serves as a shell game to deny students a say in all the areas that concern us. At many other colleges in the nation, from Louisiana State University to the University of Minnesota, students have been accepted onto search committees for deans and faculty. At Harvard, we are denied any say in the tenure process. We mature tremendously from our first year to our last, but unfortunately the administration chooses to treat us as first-year students until we graduate...
MOSCOW--Mikhail S. Gorbachev and the Soviet Parliament yesterday rejected reformers' efforts to revoke the Communist Party's monopoly on power and push the nation along the road to multiparty democracy taken by Moscow's allies...
When confronted with undeniable evidence of abuses, Zealots sometimes turn to rationalization. "Human rights violations must be taken in context," read one response. Granted, Israel is a threatened nation. Granted, Jews have endured incredible suffering in the past. Granted, Israel's Arab neighbors are, in general, much less observant of civil liberties than Israel...
...Senate accepted an amendment by Sen. Richard Kraus (D-Arlington), and a candidate for treasurer offered the amendment, saying that the office was the largest of its kind in the nation...