Word: protestation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...council's decision regarding the proposed meeting is laudable for two reasons. First, it registers a protest against the Corporation's offer by refusing to discuss any topic except that of future open meetings. Second, it keeps open by this means the possibility for future dialogue. Worries that the council's decision plays into the hands of the Corporation by "co-opting" the student position are ludicrous. If an acceptable arrangement should come out of this first meeting, so much the better. If the talks are unsuccessful, both students and Corporation will be back at square...
...speech by Coors drew widespread attention among Boston media organizations. Although representatives of at least two television stations, one radio station and two newspapers covered a protest of Coors outside the event, they could not enter the Science Center to hear the businessman speak...
...least the appearance of student input--a great deal. Student dissatisfaction with the CRR led to the current review despite the wide confidence the body enjoys among faculty and administrators. Without student support for a new disciplinary body, it would become--like the CRR--a focus for student protest and a headache for the administration...
...anti-Soviet literature, has recently been placed under "strict regime," meaning that his food rations have been reduced and his mail and visiting privileges curtailed. On the first day, police made no attempt to stop the demonstration, but onlookers argued among themselves about the merits of such a public protest. "Shame on you. You ride on our backs, and now you want us to help you leave," shouted one elderly woman...
Soviet officials seemed determined to stop the refusenik protest before the opening last weekend of a three-day forum titled "For a Nuclear-Free World and the Survival of Mankind." A dizzying array of Western notables, ranging from John Kenneth Galbraith to Pierre Cardin, were expected to attend the session. One of the initial speakers was Sakharov, who called for a more democratic Soviet Union, but also said that there had been recent setbacks in such areas as human rights and emigration...