Word: movement
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...Liberals knew the battle was over when results began streaming in from Ontario, Canada's industrial, financial and communications heartland. Canadian nationalism has always been strong in southern Ontario, particularly among the intelligentsia and the union movement. Despite the appeal and support of David Peterson, the personable Ontario Premier, the Liberals won only 43 of 99 seats. In the traditionally Conservative West, the results were virtually a foregone conclusion: a healthy margin for Mulroney, but also a strong showing ) for the socialist New Democrats...
Opponents of the official-English movement consider it to be no more than a socially acceptable way of tapping into xenophobic fears: fear of being outnumbered by immigrants, fear that jobs are in jeopardy from cheap labor, just plain fear of anyone different. Stewart Kwoh, executive director of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California, charges the initiatives are partly responsible for unleashing a backlash against foreign- language minorities. Colleen O'Connor, spokeswoman of the American Civil Liberties Union, says the initiatives shout, "You're here but we would like to make it difficult for you." Even conservatives...
Composer Elliot Goldenthal said the music he wrote for the play was "like going to an amusement park--like being frightened and delighted as well--you never know what to expect." This mood reflects the movement of the play, he said...
Ramon Bueno, who helped organize the panel, said two leaders of the conservative movement against normalizing relations with Cuba refused to participate in last night's discussion, after previously agreeing to debate the issue with others who support negotiations...
Trutt's arrest raised the possibility that the animal-rights movement, which in the past has confined itself to public appeals, lobbying for anticruelty legislation and an occasional raid on research facilities to free the animals inside, has entered a terroristic phase. But activists were quick to disavow the use of violent tactics. Says Julie Lewin of the Fund for Animals: "Violence toward people does not help animals." Some animal-rights proponents contend that Trutt's aborted bomb attack is so damaging to their cause that it may have been instigated by an agent provocateur. Police say they believe...