Word: protesting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Arafat played his own devil's hand. As anger rose over Har Homa, the wily Palestinian leader publicly ordered his followers to abjure violence and protest peacefully--and also freed dozens of Hamas warriors from Palestinian jail cells, including military-operations chief Ibrahim Maqadmah. If he did not literally give "the green light" for the attack, as Netanyahu charged, he did not have to. Within minutes, Hamas proudly claimed responsibility. At a rally in Gaza, Maqadmah bragged, "Jerusalem will not be restored by negotiations but only by holy...
When an election protest was filed by John Murphy, president of a Boston Teamsters local and a supporter of Carey's opponent, Jimmy Hoffa Jr., the couple refused to open their financial records to the federal election officer. Further investigation revealed that the Share Group, which was operating phone banks for the Teamsters, had overbilled the union more than $26,000 but was allowed to keep the money. Last week the fbi attempted to question the couple, but their attorney, William Codinha, said they were "out of town." He contends that Arnold made the contributions without Ansara's knowledge because...
...Canaday resident decided to take action to protest the theft...
...kill count, which already exceeds 1,000 this year, has outraged animal lovers and the local Native American tribes--some of whom showed up on the steps of the U.S. Capitol last week to protest the slaughter. Many are blaming Yellowstone's snowmobiling tourists for the massacre. By opening the park to unrestricted numbers of the machines, they say, and meticulously grading and packing the deep snow on the roads to accommodate riders, the Park Service has inadvertently made it easier for the bison to move around in search of food, thus increasing their survival rate and boosting their population...
...ranger Seibert. "You shouldn't have to wear earplugs when you come to the park." As the number of snowmobilers and the attendant problems mount, Yellowstone's management is looking at its options, ranging from setting exhaust limits to imposing a snowmobile ban, moves that would bring howls of protest almost as loud as the machines themselves. Sighs park information officer Marsha Karle: "We're trying to control an industry that doesn't want to be controlled...