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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Carter, Brzezinski and the CIA have their way, Mobutu will continue to oppress his people. If American policy-makers succeed in firing up the Cold War again, the MPLA may be prevented from ever establishing true independence for the Angolan people. Worst of all, however, as Rhodesia's white foreign minister pointed out this week, America's blind anti-Soviet knee-jerks can only help the racist white regimes in Rhodesia and South Africa...

Author: By Neva SEIDMAN Makgetla, | Title: "Massacres" and a New Cold War in Zaire | 5/31/1978 | See Source »

...indictment, based partly on evidence that FBI officials had hidden for years, charges that the trio conspired to "oppress citizens of the United States who were relatives and acquaintances of Weatherman fugitives" by violating their constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. According to the indictment, Gray, Felt and Miller explicitly assigned the illegal actions on their own. Two years ago, Felt publicly acknowledged authorizing two break-ins. But last week he called the indictment a "tragic mistake." All three defendants denied that they had done anything illegal or improper, but did not elaborate further. Indeed, only days before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Sad and Sorry Chapter for the FBI | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

...last 1907 years, since most of us were forced from the land of Israel, there has been no country in Europe or the Middle East which did not oppress us. During those years, Jews all around the world prayed three times daily for the return to their beloved Holy Land...

Author: By Nissan Degani, | Title: Palestinians and Zionism: Searching for a Homeland | 2/28/1978 | See Source »

...PIRG proponents Ms. Babic and Mr. Massad have stated (Nov. 14), "The real point is a democratic principle:" the (supposed) majority should not oppress the minority and the majority itself should not be misled by a minority interest group. This, indeed, "is an arrogant denial of students' rights". David Seth Cohen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More PIRG | 12/13/1977 | See Source »

...something the way it normally happens. A miracle isn't normal. You can also look at the New Testament as a historical document. I'm very impressed with the evidence for that. This summer I ran into somebody who believed the Bible was written years after the events to oppress the poor. That's not an informed opinion. The Book of John was written by an eyewitness...

Author: By Anne E. Bartlett, | Title: By the Book: Fundamentalist Christians at Harvard | 10/26/1977 | See Source »

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