Word: actioner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard is back in action on Wednesday againstthe University of Maine in Portland...
With its confident attitude reaffirmed and ajubilant crowd at its back, the Crimson stormedonto the field for the second half of action. Thistime, it was Harvard who put consistent pressureon the Dartmouth goal. After several near-goals,the Crimson finally caught a break...
...would forbid candidates who wish to receive public campaign funds from accepting contributions exceeding $100 from any person or political action committee (PAC). This change would break the grip of PACs on campaign financing and free candidates from the distraction of fundraising. It would also ensure that qualified candidates are able to run for office regardless of their own economic background. Hopefully, this will enable candidates to be judged on their ideas, not on the commercials they are able to afford...
Government action has been minimal. In the past five years only a handful of sweatshop owners has been prosecuted for failing to pay workers. The government failure has created an even more lawless enclave. Local cops say that as the immigrants become more desperate for money, they often turn to crime. According to Tommy Ong of the New York police intelligence division, the sleazy employment agencies under the Manhattan Bridge that specialize in placing illegal immigrants in jobs around the country often misrepresent and oversell the type of work available. When workers return and can't pay off their immigration...
...when something called the Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility. A fax purporting to be from the ELF said the group had sponsored what was probably history's costliest ecoterrorist strike "on behalf of the lynx," a spike-eared wildcat all but gone from the state. It went on, "This action is just a warning...For your safety and convenience, we strongly advise skiers to choose other destinations...