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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Amnesty International staffer, Josh Rubinstein, told the councilors that they might be able to persuade city officials around the world to cease human rights violations and plead the cases of city officials held as political prisoners...
When the six were first abducted, the junta held true to its tepid style: it issued a perfunctory communiqué urging the terrorists to respect human rights, and did little else. After the bodies were found, the FDR reacted more angrily. From a haven in Mexico City it accused the junta of backing the killings as part of a "genocide policy." The murders seemed certain to provoke even more bloodletting as leftists exacted retribution. Said a U.S. diplomat in San Salvador: "I can't think of anything that could make this situation worse." The extermination of the left...
...There, a third of the 3,000 undergraduates were enrolled in ROTC during the early 1950s, but the number began to dwindle after the Korean War. The faculty voted to strip academic credit from military courses in 1970, causing the Navy and Air Force to withdraw. The Army, which held the ivied fort alone, has seen its enrollment grow by 10% annually. Now the roster numbers 96, including ten women...
...institution of the museum. But at the same time, exhibitions provided the exposure necessary to reach the public. The solution was to display the works in a manner that would be as shocking as the ideas themselves. The following is a description of "Early Dada Spring," an exhibit held in the 1920s...
Vandalism and excessive noise also troubled the Model United Nations when it was held at the Sheraton-Boston. Several students said delegates lit fires and threw bottles and toilet paper inside the hotel during the 1979 convention...