Word: picketer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Duddy is not part of the immigrant generation, but to begin with he too had little more than fifty cents in his picket. And we feel the same respect for him as we do for those uprooted souls, forced throughout this century to flee Europe and to make their way in an alien and hostile world. The self-made man may be forced to step on his neighbor's toes, but his energy, resourcefulness, and perserverance remain a source of admiration for the Bernies of the world born with a free ticket to medical school. Duddy is young and unthinking...
Albert said he has been forced to close the Inman Square theater temporarily because of what he called a "very abusive and very aggressive picket line...
...vendors. About half the vendors work at the stadium only for college spending money and it was easy for these students to pass up a few surplus dollars at the end of a lucrative season. But the other half, the career vendors, couldn't afford to return to the picket line and forfeit a possible $200-300 during a long homestand work stoppage...
Demonstrations by Greek-Americans in the area became more organized and more virulent as the summer and the action on Cyprus progressed. They began even before the invasion with a July 15 picket line outside the Greek Consulate in Boston to protest the coup that overthrew Cypriot President Archbishop Makarios. At the most recent event, which took place at City Hall on August 13, a crowd of four thousand tore up a Turkish flag to protest the invasion and called for an end to U.S. military and economic aid to Turkey...
Albert said he has been forced to close the Inman Square theater temporarily because of what he called a "very abusive and very aggressive picket line...