Word: dissenter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Putting down dissent through repression and propaganda is one thing; finding the road toward political and economic recovery quite another. In Beijing, much of the public transportation system has been destroyed or damaged. Losses to the national economy are estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Japan, China's largest foreign-aid donor, has announced a halt in negotiations for a $120 million loan for an oil project. The U.S. and Britain have suspended all public and private arms sales to China for the foreseeable future: the P.L.A. alone needs to replace more than 300 vehicles smashed or burned...
...possible for an obscure religious fanatic to lead one of the great revolutionary upheavals of this century? To begin with, the time was ripe. The Shah had pushed his feudal and devout country into the modern, secular world too far and too fast, using torture and execution to suppress dissent. In addition, Khomeini's place in the world of Shi'ite theology gave him a platform. Unlike Sunni Muslims, members of Islam's other, much larger branch, Shi'ites believe in an intermediary between God and man. In Shi'ism's first centuries, this role of mediator was played...
...most of the year, Lee succeeded in shaping the council's agenda with little dissent. The council tackled issues including minority faculty hiring, the all-male final clubs and homophobia...
...group of activist alumni immediately attacks the Young Report, claiming that its recommendations were formulated to undermine dissent at the University. Members of Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni Against Apartheid (HRAAA) say the proposed changes are designed to impede pro-divestment candidates' election to the Board...
Overseers are currently divided over how much openness and dissent should be permitted on the Board. Many observers say Harvard officials prefer to see the Overseers remain a rubber stamp for the policies of the seven-member Corporation...