Word: dissenting
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...African union, which espouses democracy and free and fair elections, should have condemned Mugabe and refused to recognize his government. Instead, with the dissent of a few countries, notably Botswana, the Union merely passed a feeble resolution suggesting a government of national unity, which Mugabe in any case would not accept. It is tragic that the A.U. ignored the opportunity to take drastic action. Instead, it has lost whatever credibility it had. Edward R.C. Preston, Auckland...
...Civil rights attorneys in both cities have filed motions in federal court arguing that the announced arrangements fall far short of what the Constitution requires. "The Constitution commands the government to treat peaceful expressions of dissent with the greatest respect - respect equal to that of the invited delegates," ruled U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock in 2004, in response to outcry over the arrangements for protesters at the Democratic convention in Boston. At the time, the zone for protesters - a cordoned-off area under an abandoned railroad track topped by razor wire - was widely seen as affront...
...Defining Patriotism Richard Stengel's "The New Patriotism" was helpful in understanding the theme of this presidential election [July 7]. Dissent isn't unpatriotic. We need a definition of patriotism that recognizes our nation's proud heritage but understands how much better we can be. Steven A. Ludsin, East Hampton, New York...
...explains the new mood of bipartisan harmony on the Roberts Court? At least some of the credit goes to Roberts' personality and leadership style. He went out of his way to persuade his colleagues to turn down the volume and lighten up when they disagreed, even spicing up his dissent in a technical dispute between phone companies by borrowing playfully from Bob Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone: "When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose...
...political world of the 20th century," he called Roosevelt. Of course, Twain had been a great deal like Tom himself--as a boy, and as a man for that matter--but that was before becoming the conscience of a nation, "the representative, and prophetic, voice of principled American dissent," as his biographer Powers puts...