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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Both the Princeton and Harvard rallies also attracted impeachment supporters. At Harvard, a handful from the University and from Boston University held a counter protest, saying the president's alleged perjury demands impeachment...

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Academics, Students Rally Against Impeachment | 12/17/1998 | See Source »

...Princeton Professor of Economics Alan S. Blinder, one of the speakers at the Princeton protest, said he estimates opponents of impeachment outnumber supporters on campus by a ratio of about...

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Academics, Students Rally Against Impeachment | 12/17/1998 | See Source »

...read "Students Protest Transgender Deaths" (Dec. 11) with a growing sense of confusion. The concept of a "hate crime" is one which I have had problems with for some time. The death of Rita (William) Hester is without question a tragedy. However, I fail to see why Hester's gender should make her (his) death any more or less tragic. Murder is already illegal, and stigmatized by society about as much as possible. Creating a sliding scale based on motive for the severity of society's punishment for murders-or indeed for any crime-will not reduce the incidence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hate Crime Law Illogical | 12/17/1998 | See Source »

...stability are more important than liberties," says Dowell. "The fear is that social instability will undercut economic progress." Trials in China are sounding boards. "Arrested persons are assumed to be guilty," says Dowell. "And the trial is merely a period to see if anyone raises objections." Some 200 protesters did show up to protest Wang's trial -- but that's in a population of one billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chinese Dissidents On Trial | 12/17/1998 | See Source »

Hennefeld said about 20 PSLM members attended the 1 p.m. rally. They handed out leaflets and chanted "no sweat" to protest sweatshops, "living wage" to call for a wage high enough for workers to pay for basic needs, and "full disclosure" for the full disclosure of information about the factories...

Author: By Erica R. Michelstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Protestors Deem Code of Labor Standards Inadequate | 12/16/1998 | See Source »

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