Word: picketer
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...rusty socialist state, incurring the wrath of the powerful labor unions. He resisted pressure from the Trades Union Congress—whose members constitute a significant chunk of the Labour party—for repeal of anti-union laws. Union workers demanded that Blair lift prohibitions on secondary picketing, whereby people picket venues unrelated to their protest, such as the private homes of a company’s management; but Blair did not bend...
...Picket Fences you played a prosecutor who had to pick sides on controversial issues. Is it difficult to play a character whose stance conflicts with your personal point of view...
...Rudd described a modern dystopia of debt and high interest rates, materialism, childhood obesity, time pressure on families and societal anxiety about the future. "The dilemma for the political right is that, in John Howard's Australia, it's not supposed to be like that," Rudd argued. "The white picket fence and all it stands for is supposed to be enhanced, not undermined, by Hayek's economic revolution." A few weeks later, Rudd was Labor leader. The lines tested on elite opinion ("a bridge too far," "reclaim the center ground") were now fed into a media machine that couldn...
After a series of addresses by community members, the group proceeded to march into Harvard Yard where they held picket signs and chanted, among other phrases, “Sí se puede,” Spanish for “Yes, it can be done...
...certainly could be more of a Quidditch Cup setup. I guess the only way to find out would be to actually read the thing. THE DOUBLE BIND by Chris Bohjalian A lithe blonde on a crisp spring day is pictured riding her bicycle in front of a white picket fence. It is not until one actually purchases and reads the book (or, in case, the dust jacket) that one realizes that “The Double Bind” is actually the story of the “savage attack” of the female protagonist while riding that very...