Word: objected
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...churchgoing, baptized Christian, I object to Fundamentalist Jerry Falwell's religion-in-politics campaign [Oct. 1]. He is using the Cross of Christ to pound a political drum. Jesus came to seek and save all people. He speaks to all, regardless of political persuasion. Falwell's view that God loves America above all nations is simply blasphemous...
LIDDY STRODE stealthily down the carpeted hallway. He paused every few steps to make sure no one heard him. He felt carefully along the wall until his hand grasped a familiar object: a doorknob. He waited again, his chest heaving. He tried to control his breathing. From inside his plaid polyester sport jacket he drew a Mickey Mouse penlight--a gift from the gang in the Company after a memorable visit to Disneyland in 1971. He struggled with the door knob lock, employing his special tools fashioned from stolen forks. It was a motel-style lock, easily picked...
...Wittig's object is to overcome oppression through heightened consciousness and personal sensitivity regardless of sex, that's one thing. But in setting up a class struggle scenario, any advocate risks prescribing an outcome where either once class of oppressor continues its oppression, or a new class of oppressor takes the reins. Is it possible that under some new system the male role in society could be limited strictly to sperm production...
...dared to take to the streets at all during the national holiday underscored the stop-go permissiveness toward dissent that characterizes Deng's regime. Following a crackdown last spring, similar public protests have been taking place with increasing frequency. Hundreds of poor peasants regularly travel to Peking to object to rural living conditions...
...have not taken up arms for some obscure reason, but to defend our freedom and existence in our country, at a time when the Western powers do not object to our destruction if it will keep the Arabs happy and the oil flowing...