Word: activists
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...Brass Band was shot and killed while riding in a car; police later arrested a 17-year-old who was said to have been involved in a feud with Shavers' stepson. And in the early morning hours of Jan. 4, an intruder shot and killed filmmaker and social activist Helen Hill at her home not far from the French Quarter; Hill's husband Paul Gailiunas, a physician who helped establish a clinic for indigent patients, was injured in the attack and was found clutching the couple's two-year-old son, who escaped unharmed...
...coming weeks and months, look for articles on China's Me generation, on its daring group of activist lawyers, on preparations for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing and the challenges this showcase will pose to China's political system, on how suburbia is transforming the nation and how China is fast becoming a synonym for international chic. And we will continue to write and report on how America and China must interact in the 21st century. Henry Luce's great passions of the 20th century remain ours today...
...although her stand on Iraq has alienated some - Obama has a fresh-face appeal. Former Vice President Al Gore, who's beloved by the Hollywood environmental community, is also someone with lots of fans. "I would do everything in my power to convince Gore to run again," says environmental activist Laurie David, who is also be the wife of Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry David. "But he says he's not seriously considering...
...provost, Richard had to confront a number of opposing constituencies, from graduate students seeking to unionize to activist Larry Kramer, who wanted to fund gay and lesbian studies. A gay and lesbian initiative was eventually created, but only after lengthy negotiations between Kramer and Richard...
...activist emerged from Kimberlin's network. This time, the person had something of objective value: a pair of Diebold AccuVote TS voting machines, acquired through his job in the e-voting industry. Although e-voting- machine makers claimed their products were secure, no independent academic had managed to dissect an actual machine to check the assertion. Kimberlin called Professor Avi Rubin of Johns Hopkins University, who had written about vulnerabilities in Diebold's e-voting source code after it was inadvertently left on a public server. "When Brett first contacted me, he seemed surprised that I didn't recognize...