Word: spread
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...fire that started in a trash can and spread to an adjoining bulletin board in Adams House's C entry forced the evacuation of many students early Sunday morning...
...defend the Islamic shrine from a group of ultra-nationalist Jews, called the Temple Mount Faithful, that planned to lay a cornerstone on the site to prepare for a third Jewish temple. Despite an Israeli court order banning the group from the site, Muslims were unnerved. As rumors spread that the Jewish radicals were approaching, Palestinians began shouting slogans. When police replied with tear gas, Palestinians retaliated with stones. The police then charged onto the Temple Mount, went berserk and gunned down Palestinians at close range. (Arab doctors later announced that one victim was shot 14 times). "They were shooting...
...rocks can kill, Israel has had nearly three years of experience handling stone throwers. Certainly, there is no excuse for being caught off guard at a place so rich in religious symbolism for both sides. Nor can Israel claim that the police had no other options. When massive rioting spread throughout the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and among Israeli-Arab towns later in the week, better-prepared soldiers exercised far more restraint despite the salvos of stones...
Thus not only are the companies making money on jazz but the music is reaching a younger, far larger audience than ever before. At the same time, public interest in the music is being fed by the spread of jazz-education programs, the airing of jazz shows on PBS and some cable networks, and a spate of feature films glorifying the jazz mystique ('Round Midnight, Bird, Mo' Better Blues). As a result, people are beginning to get the message that jazz is not just another style of popular music but a major American cultural achievement and a heritage that must...
...group's leaders said they formed the organization in response to a speech by labor leader Cesar Chavez last year at the Kennedy School of Government. Chavez, a leader of the UFW campaign, urged students in that speech to spread the grape boycott to Harvard...