Word: activists
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...term coined by conservative lawmakers to mean "pornographic acts." The bill also says that "all elements of society are obliged to report" such acts, sparking concern that the law could be abused. "The bill would kill 80% of the art in Bali," says Cok Sawitri, a Balinese poet and activist who is against the proposed law. "People will be afraid to do what has long been a normal part of their lives...
...EVANGELICAL ACTIVIST PREACHING FOR THE PLANET...
...Activist ministers like Ball and Richard Cizik of the National Association of Evangelicals represent a significant political liability for the Bush Administration and its allies in Congress--a sign that their energy policies have put them on a collision course with a core constituency. Pay attention to our message, Ball argues, because climate change is not a left-wing, tree-hugging issue. "It's a people problem. It's about loving your neighbor." --By Eric Roston
...keep their seats than Republicans do (15). But the G.O.P. failed to recruit strong challengers for the North Dakota, Nebraska and Florida seats that had been considered their best opportunities. "There was a chance for us to get damn close to [a filibuster-proof] 60 votes," says G.O.P. activist Grover Norquist. "We gave away three sure things...
...FREED. NORMAN KEMBER, 74, British peace activist; along with Canadians James Loney, 41, and Harmeet Singh Sooden, 32; after being held by Iraqi kidnappers for 118 days; in Baghdad. The Christian peace campaigners were rescued in an operation led by Britain's SAS, but their captors?who had threatened to kill them unless all Iraqi prisoners were released?had already fled. Fears for the group grew when a fourth hostage, American Tom Fox, 54, was found murdered in early March...