Word: protesters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Norman S. Zalkind, Easterling's attorney, said prior to the sentencing yesterday, "We have the automatic right to have the case reviewed, and we will." He added that he would protest McGuire's final instructions to the jury in the appeal...
...were raising hell about the execution of the Shah's military chiefs and ex-cronies in Iran. They complained bitterly about the violation of due process of law. But they conveniently forgot that the Shah's own military courts (which were unconstitutional) tried as terrorists anyone brave enough to protest his regime. The verdict was often decided beforehand. Where were the passionate defenders of law then...
...under the Resolution of Rights and Responsibilities to try student demonstrators involved in the spring 1969 strike. Clearly, its present use is limited, having heard no cases since 1975. But the CRR's vaguely worded charter leaves room for the violation of a student's right to political protest...
...plot of Lysistrata is one of those simple Greek stories that is hard to forget. The women of Athens and the other Greek city-states, disgusted with the unceasing Peloponnesian War, vow not to have sex with their husbands until the men make peace. In further protest, the women seize the Acropolis for the duration of the war. The original play is rude, even by modern standards, with men walking around with long phalluses and not-so-veiled references to sexual acts...
Chase responded that the Iranian statement was not correct. It and the six other U.S. banks in the syndicate voted, over the protest of the four non-U.S. banks involved, to declare the default. The U.S. banks could use the Iranian assets frozen a week earlier to offset their own $300 million share of the loan, but the non-U.S. banks (two Swiss, one British and one Canadian) had no such recourse. Their only options were either to activate a so-called cross default clause and foreclose on the Iranian government in court for the remaining $200 million...