Word: protestation
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...reportedly wined and dined Swedish writers and academics at his seaside villa; he finally won one in 1971. Bob Dylan has been nominated six times, Jerry Lewis once. In 2004, the literature prize went to Austrian feminist Elfriede Jelinek, a move so controversial that one assembly member resigned in protest. Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho shared a 1973 Peace Prize for negotiating the end of the Vietnam War. Tho rejected his award, saying there was no peace in his country. Kissinger's acceptance caused an uproar: apparently the former National Security Adviser's role in a secret war against...
Calling in gay--Refusing to work on Dec. 10 as part of an Internet-organized movement to protest California's recent ban on same-sex marriage...
...most prevalent form of American slavery today. According to data from the Central Intelligence Agency, around 50,000 people are trafficked into or transited through the United States annually as sex, domestic, garment, and agricultural slaves. McCarthy, lecturer of Literature and Arts A-86: “American Protest Literature from Tom Paine to Tupac” and a Quincy House senior tutor, described the book as informative, descriptive, and broad. “One of the things that the editors have done here is that they put a variety of types of slavery,” he said...
...previously announced labor strike and further protest marches are planned for Wednesday. With the Government facing a public-order problem at the same time that the economy is suffering, the Prime Minister must find a way to halt his party's freefall in polls and try to convince the Greek people that his center-right government is the only real hope for stability and security. In rhetorical terms, he might even hark back to his uncle with a new choice: "Karamanlis or chaos." Lately, though, few can see the difference...
Among those reportedly taken into custody was Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, who India believes was in charge of training LeT operatives for suicide attacks. Indian authorities refused to comment on the reports, saying they were awaiting official confirmation from the Pakistani government that they had acted on a diplomatic protest served on the Pakistan High Commissioner to New Delhi on Dec. 2, seeking "strong action" against those responsible for the Mumbai attacks. (See pictures of Mumbai's days of terror...