Word: protesters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...night of May 31, 1941, bombs thudding into neutral Dublin caused 35 deaths and a strong Irish protest. Many a Dubliner suspected the Sassenachs, but investigation proved the bomb fragments German. Last week Dubliners learned from the R.A.F. that the bombing of Dublin had been an English trick after...
...resignation before I do go. . . . If I am relegated to an obscure position . . . I shall be so lost to view that gradually I shall lose my present hold. ... It will be far better from my point of view to leave . . . when my leaving will create the biggest protest and be most widely noted...
...Kettle cattle kept eating up Author MacDonald's garden. One day Bob steamed down to protest. "The dignity and force of his entrance were somewhat impaired by the fact that as he came abreast of the back porch he found himself face to face with Mrs. Kettle, who was comfortably seated in the doorless outhouse reading the Sears, Roebuck catalogue, and instead of hurriedly retiring in confusion, she remained where she was but took active part in the ensuing conversation...
...Labor is talking about me. . . the small stockholder who owns American industry. . . . I'm here with a protest that I and my kind have been completely overlooked. And I protest also that until labor is willing to do an honest day's work, and permit its exploited members to compete with each other and to permit the brains and ingenuity and industry of the individual to earn more than a union scale for turning out a better-than-average day's work, the best intentions of Washington will lead us deeper into a national mess, and democracy...
With considerable hesitation but impelled by strong conviction I venture to protest against the proposal to devote the corner of the Yard where the Palmer House stands to an Undergraduate Library...