Word: activists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...public weal: political protest sells. In their inflammatory zeal, moreover, they tend to offer simplistic, emotionally satisfying remedies for complex problems. "It's a desperate attempt to get ratings," says Michael Jackson, the longtime ABC TalkRadio host. "Rather than tackling an issue from many angles, ((the activist hosts)) would sooner be the little boys with the bugles leading the charge...
Many of the 88 members of Harvard's seven-year-old representative body embraced the label of "the activist council," and repeatedly asserted the council's right to act on such issues...
...least a half an hour, the 'activist council' was once again appreciated and respected by the activists themselves...
...progressive pipe dream was soon shattered by the cry of an angry activist. As the council voted to close debate on a controversial amendment before it began, the crowd erupted into a chaotic demonstration. And the very council which had just reaffirmed its progressive bent was being accused of stifling free speech...
...Consumer activist Ralph Nader said in Washington that Exxon "should not be allowed to forget" the Alaskan spill and that a boycott was the way to send a message to the oil giant...