Word: activist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...facility in Little Rock will be built on 14 acres along the Arkansas River, as a repository of Clinton papers and a research center for presidential scholars. But Clinton also seems to be imagining the library as a sort of government-in-exile--like Carter's but even more activist--part policy institute, part Peace Corps, focusing on Africa, showcasing his accomplishments...
...Ragtime is the number of historical figures included in the cast. Booker T. Washington (Allan Louis) serves as a role model of monumental importance for Coalhouse and his friends; likewise, Harry Houdini (Bernie Yvon) is always introduced as an example of the success even an immigrant can find. Social activist Emma Goldman (Theresa Tova) plays a key role in Tateh's life as she organizes the labor rallies of Lawrence, Massachusetts. On the other end of the spectrum, a haunting dance depicts J.P. Morgan and Henry Ford crushing the starving masses underneath their ridiculous wealth. Even pinup girl Evelyn Nesbit...
...Noah and I have very different ideas about what the Undergraduate Council should do," Redmond says. "I do believe in a more activist council...
...even traditionally activist students like Michael K.T. Tan '01 who is co-chair of the student advisory council to the Harvard Foundation for Race and Intercultural Relations and secretary of Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance, doubt that much will rile Harvard's 250-plus student groups this term...
...feel for the p.r. beating Monsanto is taking, check out the Web. Activist groups like Rural Advancement Foundation International are using the Net to rally Terminator opponents, urging them to flood the U.S. Department of Agriculture with letters of protest. At least 4,000 people from 62 countries have responded--an anti-Monsanto army raised by the electronic vox pop alone. "The group R.A.F.I. masterfully called this Terminator," says Gary Toenniessen, deputy director for agricultural science at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York City. "It's not what Monsanto would call...