Word: protesters
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...Bedford's spontaneous protest was fresh evidence of the depth of Americans' anger at taxes-and a sign of how far normally peaceable citizens are willing to go to make their feelings known. On Election Day, Nov. 7, voters across the country will have an opportunity to take matters into their own hands-not by storming government buildings but by voting on tax referendums in 16 states. In Massachusetts, for example, the voters will have their say on Question 1, which would give the state legislature authority to create a classification system for property taxes. It would limit...
Figueiredo's first big test will be the congressional elections next month; polls already indicate widespread protest support for the opposition MDB. In addition, as part of Geisel's political reforms, Figueiredo will be the first President to govern since 1968 without benefit of Institutional Act No. 5, which gave Brazil's chief executive the power to shut down an unruly congress and deprive citizens of their political rights. Thus the new Brazilian President could conceivably find himself facing a legislature controlled by the opposition-and, embarrassingly, Figueiredo would have no clear legal authority to do anything...
...protest vote, but not only that," said one back-room Liberal pol. "It was a personal defeat for Trudeau." Canadians are hopping mad at the state of their economy after ten years of his party's rule. Inflation is running at a rate of 8.6% annually; unemployment, at 8.5%, is at the highest level since 1940; and the value of the Canadian dollar has plummeted from $1.03 U.S. to a spindly 840 in the past 23 months. The federal government is running a deficit that is expected to reach at least $11.8 billion this year, and Canadians, like many...
Next day, Korchnoi declined to sign his game card as a protest against the "intolerable conditions under which the games have been played." Karpov dutifully credited the "support of the Soviet people" for his victory. With his $350,000 winner's share of the purse (part of which will flow into the Soviet treasury), he can now relax with the chauffeured Mercedes, apartments in Moscow and Leningrad and other luxuries his chess title affords him. But he may soon face another ordeal: Bobby Fischer, who failed to defend the championship in 1975 after whomping Soviet Boris Spassky...
...some 32,000 nuns, fully twice the 1938 figure. The faith penetrates nearly every level of society. A vigorous Catholic intelligentsia has grown up in the Communist years and developed a link with human rights activists. The regime fears to damp down lest it trigger more protest. Concedes one Communist official ruefully: "The church is an unofficial opposition...