Word: protesters
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...varsity basketball team, he became head cheerleader instead. Reflecting on those years during a recent interview with TIME, Milken mused, "When things look their worst, you always have the seed of great improvements." At Berkeley during the mid-'60s, Milken concentrated on math and business courses rather than on protest. It was there that he first considered the far-reaching idea upon which he built his empire. Milken came across a study showing that junk bonds, which at the time were often called fallen angels because they were the downgraded debt of ailing companies, actually represented a lucrative investment...
...maimed from a back-alley abortion because George Bush was elected President of the U.S.," said Molly Yard, president of the National Organization for Women. NOW is planning a huge letter-writing campaign to petition the Justice Department and Supreme Court to retain Roe v. Wade, plus a protest at Bush's Inauguration. Together with NARAL, the group is also planning a mammoth pro-choice demonstration in Washington in early April. "Mr. Bush may intend to make abortion illegal again," declares Yard, "but he has to understand that if he tries, he will be awakening a sleeping giant...
Students attending the forum said Black LawStudents Association (BLSA) President Robert L.Wilkins alerted the organizations to theimportance of defining immediate goals for dealingwith the administration. Wilkins led June's BLSAsit-in to protest the Law School's lack ofminority hiring. He could not be reached forcomment...
UNITED NATIONS--The General Assembly yesterday overwhelmingly deplored the U.S. denial of a visa for Yasser Arafat, the first step towards a protest meeting in Geneva to hear the PLO chairman next month...
...session moves to Geneva, the world body's European headquarters, it would be the first time the assembly has done so in protest of an action by the host country. Arab diplomats say they have the necessary majority to accomplish...