Word: mandelas
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...their origins with 12th century religious pilgrims to the DON'T ATTACK IRAQ badges of last year's antiwar marchers, the little buttons have long signaled support for, or opposition to, leaders, beliefs and causes. They can also be just for a bit of fun. Along with FREE NELSON MANDELA, SOLIDARNOSC (Polish for Solidarity) and TROOPS OUT, the museum also proudly houses DOWN WITH PANTS and the all-encompassing, albeit nonsensical, GAY WHALES AGAINST RACISM...
...fortunes took a different turn when she became the first environmental campaigner - and the first African woman - to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. On Saturday, Maathai talked with TIME's Stephan Faris under a tree outside the offices of her Green Belt Movement in Nairobi. KOFI ANNAN, NELSON MANDELA, MOTHER TERESA, AND NOW YOU. HOW DOES IT FEEL? It is the kind of thing that I'm sure will sink in slowly. But right now, it's like a dream. When you are involved, you actually don't have time to evaluate the impact of your work. WHAT...
Loeb’s latest book is an anthology of anecdotes by the likes of Nelson Mandela, Maya Angelou, Tony Kushner and Pablo Neruda. The general theme? Apparently ordinary citizens can make an extraordinay difference...
...state's policy following a 1960 massacre of black demonstrators by police. Three years later he denounced apartheid in a sermon and was kicked out of the church; by the late '70s, the government had banned him from speaking in public and had restricted his movements. Former President Nelson Mandela eulogized Naude as "a true humanitarian and a true son of Africa...
...Stewart could have avoided the scandal that enveloped her simply by taking the high road and admitting that she had made a mistake. Bruce Weinstein New York City I was outraged by Stewart's remark that "there [are] many other people that have gone to prison. Look at Nelson Mandela." How dare she even hint at any parallels between her jail sentence and Mandela's ordeal. Her upcoming prison time has nothing at all to do with the 27 years Mandela spent locked up under inhumane conditions. Stewart is going to prison because she lied about a transaction aimed...