Word: picketer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Members of the tour, which protests the use of primates in medical research, said they plan to picket, leaflet and speak to researchers entering the building...
After the first few days, protestors asked more students to join in surrounding the building, fearing police action. Hundreds of students formed picket lines around the building in response...
...last quarter, to $129 million. Perhaps that's one reason why Moffett and other senior executives skipped the company's annual meeting last month. Certainly he's used to confrontation, having had to deal with vociferous environmental and social activists who in years past have carried picket signs proclaiming JIM-BOB MOFFETT KILLS FOR PROFIT...
That's because network execs know Kelley's probably going to wind up doing a lot more than he promised. In 1993, when he was only writing all 23 episodes of his one show, Picket Fences, he told TIME, "I don't plan to continue at this pace. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone who factors longevity into his lifetime plan." He probably thought he meant that. But even earlier, as a busy lawyer who had never written before, he used the time while waiting for his court cases to be called to write the 1987 Judd Nelson movie...
...Already there has been a Justice Department Injunction to prevent Operation Rescue volunteers from physically blocking clinic doors. Still, the Operation Rescue Web site urges anti-abortion activists to, "Picket the communities, clubs, churches, and offices of baby killers." There is no justification for the use of these tactics against private individuals. Public protest in a public forum is a constitutional freedom, but the targeting of individuals in the places they live and work constitutes harassment and intimidation...