Word: boycotters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...jockeys' complaint was that a fragile female simply could not handle 1,000 Ibs. of race horse charging through the pack. There are hazards enough, they pointed out, without girl jockeys falling all over the track. But gradually, after several attempts to "boycott the broads," the jockeys relented, reckoning that the girls would hang up their tack once they were exposed to the grueling grind of racing for pay. That was nearly two months ago. Now there are five girl jockeys racing at parimutuel flat tracks across the U.S., and they are confidently grabbing for the rail position...
...Quashing the cynics was gratifying, she says, but her biggest thrill was having the jockeys ambush her and douse her with a bucket of water, a traditional ceremony after an apprentice rider's first win at the Big A. "To me," said Barbara Jo, who during a jockey boycott at Tropical Park had her dressing-room window smashed by a rock, "that meant that I was finally accepted by the jockeys." It was about time. By last week she chalked up an astonishing eleven victories in 22 starts...
...worst student disturbance in the recent history of U.S. education seemed to be nearing an end last week. After a violent, 134-day boycott of San Francisco State College, representatives of the Black Students Union and the Third World Liberation Front signed an armistice. It was partly inspired by declining support for their cause and secretly worked out during ten days of negotiation with a faculty committee appointed by the school's acting president, Dr. Samuel I. Hayakawa. Governor Ronald Reagan called it "a victory for the people of California," but that remains to be seen...
...protestors handed out leaflets outside Touraine that asked prospective customers to boycott the store. The leaflets accused the Outlet Company of underpaying its employees and using terrorism to break the strike in Providence...
...minor rebellion seemed to be rising in Quincy house last week, but a threatened boycott of the dining hall was called...