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...beginning of her presentation, Hawaiian poet and activist Haunani-Kay Trask asked to see how many in attendance had been to Hawaii as tourists. About 10 raised their hands...
...other speakers at the event echoed Wang's passion for the democratic cause. Lu Jing Hua, a labor activist in the Tiananmen protest, spoke about the importance of free speech for the Chinese people and told the audience about her experience as a protestor...
...other speakers at the event echoed Wang's passion for the democratic cause. Lu Jing Hua, a labor activist in the Tiananmen protest, spoke about the importance of free speech for the Chinese people and told the audience about her experience as a protestor...
...there was about his words something wan and attenuated. "Ultimately," he said, "the answer will not be found in state legislatures or in the halls of Congress. The answer lies somewhere in the hopelessness and the hateful hearts of the children who have lost their way." Gephardt is an activist liberal, a voluptuary of governmental solutions, so his concession carries an interesting significance. You saw it from the political right too. "There's not a magic wand you can wave," said Gary Bauer, a conservative activist who coincidentally launched his presidential campaign the day after the Littleton murders. Even...
...downtown decay, and then, with the mixed feelings that natives reserve for too prosperous newcomers, has seen the fine old town center yuppified, gussified, boutiqued into economic health. He has watched the decline of his own Irish as a force in the town, and the rise of activist lesbians and utterly apolitical, though mildly troublesome, kids with green hair and nose rings. He's a tough, no-fooling cop, but he's able to say, and mostly believe, "All the lunacy, that's half the beauty of it. This is a great town to work in." The half-mocking nickname...