Word: documentation
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...halted by any secret deal. At a summit meeting in Dublin earlier this month Thatcher and Haughey had agreed on how to proceed. The striking prisoners were then sent a 32-page British position paper that made it clear that London would never grant them political status. The document, however, did indicate that Britain was prepared to consider prison reforms once the fast had ended. There was a hint that some of the strikers' other demands -such as the right to wear civilian clothes -might in the end be granted...
...fend their visitor. Afghanistan was never publicly mentioned by Gandhi during Brezhnev's trip, though she expressed hope that the "independence" of India's neighbors would not come "under jeopardy." Afghanistan also went unmentioned in the joint declaration released after Brezhnev's departure. The document blandly stated that both countries "reiterate their opposition to all forms of out side interference in the internal affairs of the countries of the region...
...Chatwin is no V.S. Naipaul balefully chronicling the political travesties of the Third World. His book is both a luminous historical document and an exploitation of the surreal past. The author's talent for invoking history's black magic is evident in this description of the interior of a rotting Da Silva house: "Dom Francisco's wardrobe, held together by its paint surface alone, lasted until 1957, when it collapsed, revealing a wreckage of whalebone stays and shreds of black taffeta that fluttered upwards like flakes of carbonized paper Bruce Chatwin . . . the pictures were...
...emerged in the wake of the 1969 occupation of University Hall and student strike, hastily created to discipline student protesters. Its 1969 proceedings led to the discipline or expulsion of more than 100 demonstrators. Its governing document, the Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities, is filled with vagueness: under its provisions, for example, the CRR can judge whether a student has shown "gave disrespect for the dignity of others" and expel him on that subjective basis. The University is far more likely to use the CRR to punish political demonstrators of the future than to uphold human dignity...
...strike deadline, the authorities caved in to the union's chief demand. They released Jan Narozniak, a union volunteer, and Piotr Sapelo, a government employee, both of whom had been arrested on charges of stealing a secret state plan for cracking down on dissidents. The 13-page document was uncovered when police raided the Warsaw branch of Solidarity, the national federation of Poland's new independent unions and their estimated 10 million members...