Word: protested
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...both houses of Congress continue to include student aid cuts among measures to reduce the federal deficit, more than 1,000 Massachusetts college students are set to hold a protest rally tomorrow against the billion-dollar cuts...
...still remains to be seen whether 1994 was actually a dramatic conservative revolution, or merely a protest against a corroded political system. If the nation as a whole ideologically favors conservative policies in fiscal matters, but disagrees operationally with the kinds of cuts being made--and perceives them as being made by a "mean-spirited" majority party--displeasure with the new Republican majority will escalate. And increasing numbers of Americans, tired of inefficient equilibrium shifts between Democrats and Republicans, will instead consider trying third-party solutions...
...last-minute concessions to insure passage of its balanced-budget bill--and in response to massive student protest--the Republican leadership in the Senate agreed yesterday to eliminate over $5 billion in proposed cuts to federal student loans...
...that pressure will continue. On Tuesday, students from across the state plan to protest the proposed cuts at the Boston statehouse...
Powell was a controversial speaker at Commencement speaker in 1993, when demonstrated flocked to the Yard to protest the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy toward homosexuals in the service...