Word: protestant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Other performers in the streets yesterday said they believe the $2 annual fee is too high, and said they may protest the council decision...
...young high school students who have virtually taken over the black protest movement, and who were the leaders of the Soweto riots, sound very different (see story page 28). They have a new feeling of power, and they are disillusioned with their parents' efforts to bring about peaceful change and gradual concessions from the government. Most of the young are convinced that this approach has failed. There is much rhetoric about having nothing to live for, but something...
...knows whether CIA spooks wind up in heaven or hell when they die, but wherever they are, they must be rattling their bones in protest. Barely a decade ago, almost no high officials in Washington talked directly about the Central Intelligence Agency. It was obliquely referred to as "the pickle factory" or "our friends" or "across the river" or, more openly, "the agency" or "the company." When the CIA's $46 million headquarters opened along George Washington Memorial Parkway in suburban Langley, Va., in 1961, the deceptive highway sign said only BPR, for Bureau of Public Roads. Even Soviet...
...more liberal Congress is on the verge of passing three bills that could exceed his spending plans by $3.5 billion-and he may well veto one or more of them. Paying no heed to the President's protest that various dams, canals and irrigation projects are too costly and environmentally damaging, the House restored 17 of the 18 projects on his final hit list; the Senate is expected to restore more than half. The White House seems to be virtually itching to veto the wasteful measure when it reaches Carter's desk. Says a presidential aide: "There...
...movie Network, a manic anchorman exhorts his listeners to proclaim through open windows that they won't take abuse any more. In real journalism, Jack Newfield screams a similar demand, but he wants his audience to protest in closed voting booths. Rage rather than dementia drives this full-time muckraker-one reason why his novelty value has survived six books and hundreds of articles; few can match the fresh indignation he brings to old scams...