Word: movements
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Every time a good movement would start--for example, an anti-Cold War peace movement--a lot of noisy radicals would show up," Guntheroth says. "Then people would say, 'Oh God, we don't want to be a part of this...
...declared "security zone" inside southern Lebanon, withdrew from the Jezzine enclave Monday, under fire from Hezbollah guerrillas as they went. With the local SLA commander acknowledging that the withdrawal was prompted by mounting casualties at the hands of Hezbollah, the retreat is a significant victory for the Iran-backed movement's protracted war of attrition. Israel's possible withdrawal, too, is prompted by concerns over continuing casualties, although Barak wants to negotiate security arrangements with the Lebanese and Syrian governments before a final pullout...
...difficult now to imagine how inspiring his judicial opinions were, how they supported and encouraged those of us on the front lines of the emerging civil rights movement...
...smaller-school movement is already well under way in Chicago, New York City and Los Angeles, which in recent years have opened high schools with student populations of 500 or fewer--in some cases splitting existing campuses into several "schools within a school." Studies show that students make better grades in smaller schools. They are less likely to be involved in fights or gangs because they know someone is always watching. They are less embarrassed to discuss problems with teachers. They have better attendance, lower dropout rates and more participation in extracurricular activities. "It doesn't matter what category...
...troops and ending the bombing gave Milosevic reason to hold out for more concessions from the alliance. And some appear to be coming -- over the weekend, Madeleine Albright conceded that Belgrade should be allowed to keep some troops in Kosovo after a settlement. But reports of a growing protest movement inside Yugoslavia against the war have also given NATO renewed cause to believe its air campaign will crack Belgrade's resolve. The commander of the Yugoslav forces in Kosovo, General Nebojsa Pavkovic, is reported to have spent Sunday placating mutinous soldiers and protesters in the Serbian town of Raska...