Word: protestations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This isn't to say that the topic of flag desecration doesn't address important issues of free speech and how we view this country. Personally I believe that part of what makes our country great is permitting citizens to non-violently protest against our laws, our army, our elected leader. Our country is founded on the premise summarized by Voltaire as "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Burning the flag is a childish but far from unconscionable way to protest governmental action. Thus, I find the proposed...
Amid sunbathers and students throwing frisbees in the Yard, nearly 50 students and one Faculty member gathered Friday in an emotional protest in support of Harvard's security guards union...
...first stop is makeup. A short funky British woman lunges at my face with a powder brush. I instinctively recoil in horror. I don't like to share cosmetic products. I try to protest that my natural complexion is so smooth and vibrant that I don't need makeup. Spice Girl will have none of it and proceeds to plaster my countenance with blush and bacteria...
...student organizations (and more every day) ranging from ethnic groups like the Chinese Students Association and Society of Arab Students to organizations like the Radcliffe Union of Students and Education for Action have stepped forward urging rescission. Never mind that constituents, including cadets, have been writing their representatives in protest since the bill's passage. Never mind that the bill's sponsors never once consulted the BGLTSA in the writing process and yet claimed to have taken each group's concerns into consideration. Non-discrimination issues aside, many students remain uncomfortable with the idea of an increased military presence...
...Toxic Crusaders were not convinced. The day the school opened, the girls were on hand with a fact sheet about chromium. As they tried to pass it out, the police made them move 100 ft. from the school. "I think they were expecting us to do a protest or something," says Maria, "but we just wanted to hand out information...