Word: masses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...angry over this act of civil disobedience, when he has espoused a form of it himself," said Ellen Carton, executive director of the New York State branch of the National Abortion Rights Action League. The Cardinal offered an answer as he gave the benediction for the interrupted Mass at St. Patrick's. Said O'Connor: "I must preach what the church preaches, teach what the church teaches...
...were the first installment of what Britain has announced will be a mass forced repatriation of Vietnamese boat people. Those who are to be expelled from the crown colony -- the number could exceed 40,000 -- fail to qualify as political refugees (as opposed to economic migrants) and are therefore considered illegal immigrants. Under an agreement between London and Hanoi, Britain will pay Viet Nam some $620 for each returning boat person in exchange for the promise that the returnees will not be persecuted...
Mandela's top priority might be negotiating peace among blacks. A unity conference held by the A.N.C.-allied Mass Democratic Movement in Johannesburg last week was most notable for its failure to include its two main rivals: < Inkatha, the Zulu-based organization led by Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who heads a Pretoria-created homeland; and the Pan-Africanists, an A.N.C. splinter group that seeks to crush white "colonialists." Much of the tension stems from the A.N.C.'s insistence that it alone can negotiate on behalf of blacks...
...trek through the alien goo of mass media...
WORLD: Amid mass resignations and arrests, has the revolt against Communism in the East bloc spun out of control...