Word: protestations
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...will soon become Sir Paul. The former Beatle will be among the 1,035 honored at a Buckingham palace ceremony next summer. Thirty years ago, when the Beatles were made Members of the Order of the British Empire, insulted Brits returned their own honors to Queen Elizabeth II to protest what they called the system's devaluation. Today, the awards are given to any number of ordinary people who have made significant contributions, such as traffic warden Evelyn Greechan, who bravely booked her local police chief. Greechan won a MBE for services to road safety. No word on whether McCartney...
...Evita is, to be sure, in many ways a landmark: the most ambitious musical Hollywood has turned out in years; the culmination of an almost 20-year effort to bring the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice pop opera to the screen; the catalyst for a storm of political protest in the country where the real story took place; the inspiration for a line of makeup and a boutique at Bloomingdale's. It's an event...
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia: Violence erupted on the streets of Belgrade Tuesday when pro-government supporters clashed with opponents of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic who had gathered for the 35th day to protest his invalidation of Serbia's local elections. The two rival groups pelted each other with mud, eggs and cabbages in Republic Square and attacked one another with lengths of pipe and clubs in the nearby streets. Hundreds of helmeted riot police eventually descended to break up skirmishes after the fighting escalated and one anti-government protester was shot in the head by a Milosevic supporter. Both sides held rallies...
...protest against pending rent increases and evictions, Cambridge residents will hold a vigil today in Porter Square from...
...Campaign to Save 2000 Homes, a grass roots protest group initiated by the Cambridge Eviction Free Zone earlier this year, is demanding that large Cambridge landowners agree to negotiate a deal similar to the one now existing between Harvard and the City of Cambridge...