Word: protesters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard kids," Says Joe, tears in his eyes. There's some who say the boycott's done, "But it's never done," says Joe. "So long as workers toil and sweat With neither voice nor pay." From San Fernando up to Mass In every school and U Where students protest for the cause It's there you'll find Joe Hill. It's there you'll find Joe Hill. --Richard L. Brown, general counsel, Delaware River Port Authority, Parent...
...troublesome as it was, however, the great grape debate did not surprise me. Harvard's activists have periodically conveyed their confusion as to whether the "protest" or the "cause" should be the engine driving the train. When Stich describes the singular disinterest with which the activists seem to approach community service, perhaps she is noticing this phenomenon. Getting "down and dirty" in the trenches, making a positive difference in the lives of the less fortunate has rarely been the priority of the activists. Rather, many simply seem anxious to talk...
Some have even taken to the streets to protest the new coffeeshop...
...women protest; most nod in agreement. After coffee and pie, the meeting breaks up. The ladies of the club climb into their cars and drive home on roads crowded with commuters bound for night duty at Airborne Express. Some of those long-distance commuters are no doubt thinking about moving to Wilmington. It's such a tranquil little town...
...which has been adopted to varying degrees across East Asia, relies on the body politic's accepting the dictates of a meritocracy chosen from society's best and brightest. When the technocrats decreed that the economy needed vast amounts of capital to invest in development, the citizens did not protest, even when cajoled into saving upwards of a fifth of their incomes. On this ocean of funds, the economic mandarins launched one industrial battleship after another, directing banks to back companies in industries that offered the most potential for growth. Profits be damned too--market share was the goal...