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...Mark Craig, the crabby surgeon he played on "St. Elsewhere" in the '80s. "We have strategies to turn on the heat even higher." Some of the union's strategies will target manufacturers of the products its members are paid to tout. "There have been talks about a huge boycott against Procter & Gamble," says Robbins. "I don't think P&G wants celebrities telling America not to buy their products." This week O'Donnell asked Procter & Gamble and two of her other sponsors, Kellogg's and General Motors, not to run commercials made with non-union talent...
...late July, he was counting on friction among his opponents to bring him a relatively easy victory. Two major political forces are in opposition to Milosevic: the pro-Western government of Montenegro and the Serbian opposition, which is notorious for its bitter fragmentation. The government of Montenegro decided to boycott the elections despite U.S. diplomatic pressure, and the Serbian opposition again failed to unite. The largest opposition party, the Serbian Renewal Movement, decided to nominate their own presidential candidate, while the other major opposition parties came together under the name of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS). What Milosevic failed...
...election, suddenly, is back on the back burner. Anyone else want to boycott the Olympics...
...debate is unlikely to subside, especially in an election year. Both Al Gore and George W. Bush are touting proposals that tie federal money to test scores. On the other side, California's largest teachers' union is considering a statewide boycott of next year's exam. "When parents start to realize their [child's] going to take a test and may not get a high school diploma, more and more people will start raising their voices," predicts Jim Bougas, a middle school history teacher from Cape Cod, Mass., who was suspended twice for boycotting the state exam. Back in Boston...
...nature of the proposal, its fate came down to an old-fashioned cost-benefit analysis: Industry insiders reportedly weighed the damage potential of the proposal, and decided the pros outweighed any cons they might encounter. They may have been thinking back to the Southern Baptists' noisy but ultimately ineffectual boycott of Disney after that company announced similar domestic partner benefits. Disney, after all, is still alive and kicking - and making billions...