Word: protesting
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After NATO bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, killing four people [WORLD, May 24], tens of thousands of Chinese poured into the streets to protest. Any suggestion that the demonstrations were orchestrated by the Chinese government adds insult to injury. There are genuine grief and anger. CARMEN LUK Hong Kong...
...only thing the embassy bombing accomplished was to give China's leaders an excuse to protest and take the world's attention away from the 10th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. PATRICK MAY Vancouver...
...Students protest against Harvard investment in South Africa...
...November 1995, while most of this year'sseniors were adjusting to Expository Writing anddorm life, several hundred students flooded theYard to protest the appointment of Judith H. Kiddas the assistant dean of public service. Campuspublic service leaders complained that theadministration had snubbed them in choosing Kiddover their objections and in wielding an iron fistover their programs...
...month of highly publicized debate andanimosity between pro-and antigrape factions, the"Great Grape Referendum" returned thepreviously-banned fruit to dining halls for Sundaybrunch. Adam R. Kovacevich '99 led the GrapeCoalition, which pressed for an end to the grapeban, while several student groups called forcontinuing the ban to protest the workingconditions of California grape workers. Morestudents participated in the referendum than inany other vote in recent memory...