Word: protester
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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AMID the cacophony of protest against current U.S. foreign policy, it may be hard to believe that Nathan Hale ever cried: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." For many Americans, who through the years thought that a rather wonderful thing to say, it is even harder to believe that today so many young men chant a new anthem: "Hell, no, we won't go!" Indeed, the phenomenon of bitter antiwar protest reflects profound changes in U.S. attitudes toward patriotism-an emotion once proudly shouted from the rooftops but now seldom even...
...country to be spending all our money on bombs and ignoring the rest of our problems." At the other pole is the view of Oren Lee Staley, of Corning, Iowa, a dissenter in his own right as head of the National Farmers Organization, which does not hesitate to protest U.S. farm policies. Speaking for country people, Staley says: "Although they do not understand all that is involved in Viet Nam, they do understand one thing. We as a nation have a commitment. They support the country because of their heritage. They want to see protected what they are part...
...investigate. He took one look and brushed the complaint aside. But more determined opposition was building up elsewhere. In Norwood, Ohio, Mrs. Stephen Wetzel, a mother of three, read about the doll in the newspapers, formed a committee that has since mailed off over a thousand letters of protest to Government officials, churches, clubs and department stores, branding the $19.95 doll an "obscene toy." Southern California is currently being blanketed by other protesters who believe that Little Brother will "complicate existing problems of sex and perversion...
...ceremonies, the government granted visas to only 217. It prevented a huge "Christian witness" rally that the churches had planned, by refusing to approve the use of a suitable auditorium in nearby Leipzig. Western visitors, moreover, were not allowed to travel outside the Wittenberg area, occasioning a signed protest from several Christian delegates, among them, World Council of Churches' General Secretary Eugene Carson Blake, declaring that they might not have attended the observances at all "had they known of this restriction...
...Shook the Plum Tree), is a former newspaperman in the old copydesk tradition, relying heavily on choice clips and spicy quotes. He also does his duty by psychology and suggests that the fatherless Otero's entire life may not have been so much a triumphant romp as a protest against the man who raped her. If so, she certainly kept on protesting-and protesting. She had her last lover, it has been said, at 60. A compulsive gambler, she had lost her entire fortune by 1926 at the casino at Monte Carlo. She died only two years...