Word: protesting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Except for the force many residents would name: the mayor himself. For months he snubbed the board, refused to provide it with basic financial data and called allegations of featherbedding a "big lie." He joined a protest by students at the University of the District of Columbia, who tied up traffic on Connecticut Avenue for 14 hours after hearing that their funds might be cut. His standing fell last week when it was disclosed that he had had a $20,000 security fence built around the mayor's residence under a no-bid contract by a former member...
Bangerter believes that there is "a distinct possibility" that the angry, tired student body, now armed with toy guns, will rise in protest of Harvard's academic calendar on the steps of University Hall...
...actions of the Unabomber give evidence of a protest against technology, and possibly a serious form of mental illness. Details of his life also show a pattern of regression to younger and younger stages, a pattern we may see repeated around us in the coming years...
Kasper said Pepsi's possible capitulation on the Burma issue showed the importance of student protest...
...while Simons gave Hyman credit for his work on the anti-Pepsi protest, he cautioned against overstressing the importance of Pepsi's action on the council election...