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...group of students supporting the United Farm Workers Union (UFW) boycott of grapes met Thursday night to discuss ways of encouraging other students to join the protest...

Author: By Katherine C. Mayer, | Title: Students Urge Grape Boycott | 10/20/1990 | See Source »

...front of a Boston branch of the Star Market chain, protesters distributed coffee cups of fake blood to generate support for the ongoing boycott of Folgers coffee, the leading Salvadoran brand...

Author: By Erica L. Werner, | Title: Students Protest Salvadoran Aid | 10/15/1990 | See Source »

...doesn't have to be that way. We can fight back. We can boycott dandruff shampoos. We can hold candlelight vigils and demonstrations in the Yard. We can sponsor a "Dandruff Pride Day" and a "Flaky Scalp Awareness Week...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: A Song of Selsun Blues | 10/6/1990 | See Source »

...moves among the L.S.U. students, they talk as if oppressed by blacks "who are getting everything." One says, "Yeah, think of the Nike thing" -- Operation PUSH's boycott of the sportswear company, demanding it hire / blacks at the management level. "That's just extortion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Duke's Addictive Politics | 10/1/1990 | See Source »

...former Supreme Court judge who was appointed last March by the Unity Assembly, Trouillot was expected to lead Haiti to free elections. But some of her erstwhile supporters are having doubts. Seven political parties in the Assembly have called for her resignation and threatened to boycott the vote if she is still President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: Sliding Toward The Abyss | 9/24/1990 | See Source »

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