Word: protestation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...choice opposition has marshaled its resources in a military counter- image of the raiders. They have posted troops at the most likely target clinics and kept others mobile in cars, with walkie-talkies to summon them as soon as the protest site becomes apparent from the route of the Operation Rescue caravan. An elaborate game of feints and reciprocal infiltration is going forward. Before this morning's caravan can even get started, the pro- choice side seems to have checkmated the game with a single move: both ends of the street off the parking lot have been blocked...
Newspapers throughout China carried a Xinhua News Agency story on the protest that said only about 30,000 students participated in Thursday's march...
...mile march through the streets of Beijing drew more than 150,000 students, workers and city residents who called for a free press and political reforms. It was Communist China's largest protest in modern times and lasted 15 hours...
...television news yesterday broadcasted the first tape of the march. The report also repeated a warning that the protest was illegal and that organizers were breaking...
...article also attempted to dispel a rumor that a female student had been killed in the protest. The woman, it said, was hit by a car as she returned from the demonstration. Many students believe police killed her, although it appeared the newspaper's account was correct...