Word: protestation
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...Olympic Games are the definitive celebration of athletic excellence, but the quadrennial event has become a nexus of political and social protest as much as a who’s who amongst the world’s best athletes. The 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, held in the midst of the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement, proved the ideal setting for public dissent. And the U.S. Olympic crew, made up entirely of Harry Parker’s varsity eight from Harvard, became the face of the repugnant hippie undercurrent the International Olympic Committee (IOC) wanted to stamp...
...ineffective opposition. She is also helped by the fact that her opponent carries plenty of political baggage. Ip remains unpopular in many quarters for her support of a divisive, and ultimately failed, antisubversion bill. That controversy, which brought half a million Hong Kong people onto the streets in protest in July 2003, led to Ip's resignation as Secretary for Security. Ip recently made a public apology for her aggressive promotion of the bill, and says she also supports universal suffrage. But, she adds, debate over reform is pointless without Beijing's go-ahead. "We can't get to democracy...
...Given my parent’s respect, I was much more inclined to do something I didn’t want because I understood why it was in my better interest. In abruptly and condescendingly telling us what to do, the College is simply inciting student protest and indignation. Instead, the College could have embraced the basic principle this University stands for, teaching students, and respectfully said: “We understand what you’re saying. However, we can’t fund underage drinking. Here?...
...hear that a developer has come in and proposed a major house on this property is like hearing of an extraterrestrial landing, almost, into the neighborhood,” Susan J. Pharr, a neighborhood resident and the Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, said in protest to the construction at a Monday’s City Council meeting...
...Pakistan's founder, her arrival was a moment of celebration and a reason to hope. "This is an historic moment in the history of Pakistan," said Ali Shah, who came from the troubled North West Frontier Province in a journey that lasted nearly three days. "We have been protesting this military government for eight years, and now Benazir has returned to resume civilian rule. She has forced the general to remove his uniform." But he cautions, she also will have to live up to her new promise of jobs, shelter and food. "If she doesn't fulfill her promises...