Word: protested
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plan to protest--and the similar plans that many share--upsets many students, regardless of their opinions on General Colin Powell as Commencement speaker choice. In meetings, editorial columns, letters to The Crimson and dining hall conversations, countless students on either side of the Powell debate have urged us to keep our opinions to ourselves during the Commencement cermonies...
...Protest itself is nothing new to Commencement. For Law School graduates, it's practically a tradition. Last year, Law School students booed loudly when Dean Robert C. Clark stepped to the podium. They carried placards that read, "HLS Discriminates," "Resign Dean Clark" and "Dean--let me tell you about self-esteem." They held up a giant banner that blared, "Down with--Discrimination!!! Down with--The Dean!!!" Clark seemed unfazed; he tipped his hat politely to the crowd...
Seven of the eight tutors contacted spoke on the condition of anonymity, saying they feared they would be fired if they spoke on the record. Austin Lin, a non-resident tutor in computer science, made statements on the record only after he resigned on Thursday to protest the tutor selection process...
...February. He confirmed the resumption following a final bit of jockeying by participants. Israel declared that it had no plans to deport more Palestinians from occupied territories. The Palestinian delegation, newly led by Jerusalemite Faisal al-Husseini, lost two far-left members, who opposed new negotiations and resigned in protest...
...Office, cites karoshi as one of the consequences of stress at work. The report also contains a survey that says more than 40% of Japanese fear they may work themselves into an early grave. The Japanese Ministry of Labor questions the report's data and is filing a formal protest with the International Labor Office. Here's hoping ministry officials won't work too hard getting the report corrected...