Word: protested
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Members of the Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Student Association (BGLSA) plan to gather tomorrow to protest remarks made by Thomson Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield...
...Republican Richard McIntyre had been declared the winner in a disputed Indiana election, but a special House committee, in a straight party-line vote, gave the seat to Democrat Frank McCloskey. When McCloskey took his oath, angry Republicans walked out of the chamber in protest. Michel returned alone and shook McCloskey's hand...
...authors signed and sent a letter to the New York Times Book Review complaining that Morrison had never won an NBA or a Pulitzer Prize. The gesture was well meant but unfortunate. Two months later, when Beloved received the Pulitzer -- based on merit, the judges insisted, not the public protest -- the honor could hardly fail to be perceived, at least in some quarters, as tainted...
None of the tension from last year's protest over commencement speaker Gen. Colin L. Powell, who supported the ban on gays in the military, was evident...
Years later, she arrives at Lena's ultramodernhome, and finds it to be as gloomy, spare andlifeless as her marriage; her husband treats hermore like a business partner than a wife. The onlysounds of protest come from a screaming teakettle. Ying Ying finally resorts to shattering avase of irises to fill the house with sound andupset its orderliness. As the fragile flowers lieon the floor, Ying Ying berates her daughter: "Areyou happy...