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Word: protestation (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last week's massive student protest at Howard University against Atwater's appointment to the school's board of trustees--and Atwater's subsequent resignation--was a great setback for the former aide to both Senator Strom Thurmond (R.-S.C.), a one-time segregationist, and President Reagan...

Author: By Neil A. Cooper, | Title: Race and the G.O.P. | 3/18/1989 | See Source »

Four days after 3,500 machinists walked off the job to protest a proposed 28 percent pay cut, President Bush set the tone for the public debate on the strike: "I would urge [the striking workers] not to make the public--the innocent traveling public--a pawn in this dispute...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: Flying the Union-Busting Skies | 3/16/1989 | See Source »

...Protest changed Whitlock's mind in 1974. The Committee on Housing and Undergraduate Life created a partial lottery system, from which the current housing lottery process has evolved...

Author: By Michael S. Berk, | Title: Moving Beyond Barons to a Computer Age | 3/15/1989 | See Source »

...Married . . . With Children because the title seemed to promise wholesome family entertainment. Instead, Rakolta discovered the raucous and sometimes raw adventures of the Bundy family. Horrified by the sexual and scatological humor, Rakolta became an avid monitor of the program and began sending its advertisers hundreds of protest letters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advertising: Too Bawdy At the Bundys' | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

After being on strike for 31 days, the Prarie View A&M football team ended its protest. The players, who said they went on strike because they felt Coach Wayne Catchings ignored academics and conducted dangerous drills, say they decided to end the walkout because they feel there will be a new coach named...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: W. Squash Ends Another Enjoyable Year | 3/10/1989 | See Source »

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