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...disappearances and often in executions. The penalty for openly speaking ill of him is death. According to Amnesty International, hangings occur on an average of ten to 20 times a month. Appeals for autonomy by rebellious Kurds have been answered with poison gas and forced relocation. Not even presumably loyal army officers are shielded from Saddam's wrath: many died in suspicious helicopter crashes during the gulf...
...very gentle person who was very much concerned with being loyal to an institution which he truly loved," said Associate Dean of First-Year Students W.C. Burriss Young '55, who was a friend of Parker. Young said that Parker "adored" Harvard and cherished the letter he received from President Derek C. Bok when he retired...
During Japan's occupation of the peninsula, the ruling government naturalized all Koreans, forcing them to speak Japanese and take Japanese names. In 1965 Japan gave Koreans claiming allegiance to Seoul and their children a special permanent-resident status. The government later extended a similar status to Koreans loyal to Pyongyang. But most banks refused loans to these permanent visitors, and companies were reluctant to hire them. The government did not extend full social-welfare benefits to Koreans until the 1980s...
...Saharan Africa is ill prepared for democratic government for other reasons as well. These countries lack the critical mass of educated voters that is essential. They have few democratic roots. "There is no concept of a loyal opposition," notes Smith Hempstone, the U.S. ambassador to Kenya. "Dissent is equated with sedition." Most debilitating, though, is their sheer poverty, which makes it extremely difficult for a pluralist political system to thrive. Says Hempstone: "Africa missed the industrial revolution, which formed the basis of modern democracy in the West...
...only loyal people I can bond with are the guys across the hall. If you knew them, you'd realize how pathetic and desperate I am. These beer guzzlers swear that they view women only as sex objects and figures of lust. That might explain why their libidinal pursuits are so remarkably unsuccessful...