Word: protested
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...home. In 1970 she warmed the frost between the U.S. and Peru when she traveled to towns destroyed by earthquakes, delivering aid and personal comfort to survivors. In West Africa in 1972 she was cheered by huge throngs, exotic tribal kings and bare-breasted dancers. At home, in the protest years, she met with demonstrators in Los Angeles' Watts ghetto and heard out hostile students on campuses...
Civil war was averted in Cambodia when seven provinces that had tried to secede reversed course. The rebels' leader, Prince Norodom Chakrapong, a Deputy Premier in the pro-Vietnamese government and the son of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the head of state, had declared the provinces independent to protest the governing party's loss in last month's elections to a party headed by Chakrapong's brother. But Chakrapong decided to go along with a plan for both parties to share power in an interim government...
...soon as Charleston saw the Pentagon's list, the city's political leaders and Chamber of Commerce launched a public relations counterattack. They raised $1 million to pay for a full-time staff and Washington-based lobbyists. In 18 days they rounded up 140,000 signatures on protest letters. The operation mobilized not only the shipyard's employees but also local businessmen from auto dealers to restaurateurs...
...announcement and Powell's speech during the afternoon ceremonies were greeted with some vocal protest, but also with loud cheering. Brad B. Sears, a member of the Harvard Law School Lambda and the Commencement Pride Coalition, said he was satisfied with the response to Powell...
...think he should be allowed to speak," said Aster. "I don't want to protest. I wouldn't voice my opinion in this...