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...groundwork for the protests was laid by activists before the talk jocks joined the effort. The Catholic Church's Justice for Immigrants campaign emboldened priests to encourage attendance by declaring that helping even illegal immigrants was a religious mandate superseding any law. Meanwhile, several prominent national coalition groups composed of service agencies, Latino community activists, religious-based organizations and unions shifted from straight lobbying to aggressive activism. These alliances hoped a national chain of rallies would send the message to legislators that the pro-immigrant faction is formidable...
...defense will start arguing its case on Monday, but Skilling's attorney Daniel Petrocelli said the former CEO will not take the stand for at least a week. Petrocelli will probably begin by laying the groundwork for a defense that claims the executives were merely using standard business practices employed by other companies, says Houston attorney and former federal prosecutor Michael Wynne. Most likely, he says, the two executives will argue that they were just trying to save the company and that if Enron had survived, what investors hadn't known wouldn't have hurt them. "That, perhaps...
...entire community is involved. You have to know who the primary users are going to be,” she said. “Also, knowing that the women’s organization’s goals are that the center be welcoming and inclusive, this gives us the groundwork on which we can get good feedback from them...
Back from its recruiting trip to the Middle East over intersession, the Society of Arab Students (SAS) says it laid the groundwork for a recruiting network in the region, and spoke to “well over 1,000” high school students about admission to Harvard...
After a year of laying the groundwork for a growing organization, the elephants of Harvard are charging forward with a new executive board. The Harvard Republican Club (HRC) elected Stephen E. Dewey ’07 as its new president at its annual elections last Wednesday night. Dewey will be accompanied on the board by Vice President-elect John M. Souther ’07 and Secretary-elect Craig R. “C.R.” Sinock II ’07, among others. The new board, Dewey said this weekend, will take a bottoms-up approach to leadership...