Word: activistic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what I found. I would raise the fundraising issue casually over dinner or during a conversation, expecting to encounter some discomfort at first and, eventually, a strong opinion on the issue. Strangely, I got neither. The more people I spoke with, the more it became obvious that the Democratic activists weren't silent on the fundraising issue because it made them uncomfortable. They were silent because, in the end, scandals such as these do not have a dramatic effect on one's status as a Democratic activist...
...bashed the House Rules Committee for endorsing a bill without including some of the revisions Clinton had called for. But the Committee has been helped the panel's decision to push an identical measure might make sense in light of a statement by Ron Fitzsimmons, a prominent abortion rights activist who previously advised Clinton on abortion issues. During last year's debate on the bill, Fitzsimmons assured the President that partial birth abortions were rarely performed and used only to save a woman's life. This gave Clinton the green light to label the bill as somewhat unnecessary. Several weeks...
With the endorsement of the student activist group UNITE, the Radcliffe Women's Action Coalition (RADWAC) plastered the Yard with posters aimed at "raising awareness on campus about final clubs," according to coalition member Stephanie Greenwood...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Republicans are wasting little time in reopening the debate over partial-birth abortions after a prominent abortion-rights activist admitted he lied about how often the procedure is performed. GOP leaders are busy lining up votes as the House prepares to once again take up a bill banning abortions using the controversial partial-birth technique. So far, Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum says he's counted 62 'yes' votes, enough for Senate passage but still five short of the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto. An opportunity to renew the debate opened up after after Ron Fitzsimmons...
...bombings have one other thing in common: no one has claimed responsibility for any of them. "Maybe this was something to scare us, to put us in our place," said Lynn Cothren, an Atlanta gay activist. Until investigators have a breakthrough or someone speaks up, Atlanta citizens can only wonder what kind of awful message is being sent to them...