Word: protesting
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...consume him: that to kill an abortion provider was justifiable homicide. With Gunn's death, however, Hill found a more receptive audience: talk- and news-show hosts. Appearing first on Donahue, then on Nightline and Sonya Live, the formerly obscure car-cleaning entrepreneur gained instant recognition in the protest community saying what several believed but few admitted: "If we can use ((deadly)) force to defend our born children, why shouldn't we do so for our unborn children?" He started a single-issue group called Defensive Action and circulated a petition defending the "justice of taking all godly action necessary...
However, this joyous encampment is, in its way, a protest against government regulation. With its exuberance, it defies the devastation wrought by liability lawyers on aviation. The troubles are grave. In 1978 manufacturers produced 17,800 small airplanes. Today they turn out fewer than 1,000, a 95% drop in business, much of it due to the fears of lawsuits. Under existing laws, manufacturers can be sued any time a plane breaks down or is involved in an accident -- even if the sturdy little flyer has flown reliably for a quarter-century. Piper Aircraft Corp. of Vero Beach, Florida, made...
Antonio Di Pietro, a prosecutor who became a national hero in Italy for his campaign against bribe-taking politicians, asked to be reassigned in a protest against a decree issued by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's right-wing government. The decree would eliminate the prosecutors' ability to detain corruption suspects, a powerful tool used against thousands of prominent citizens...
Nevertheless, it must be frustrating for any President to watch the Fed playing party pooper. That's why Clinton deserves great credit for supporting Alan Greenspan -- just as Ronald Reagan's best economic deed was standing by without protest as Fed chairman Paul Volcker wrung inflation out of the economy in the early 1980s. Clinton's fortitude is even more admirable, since Greenspan is trying to avoid a future bout of inflation, not cure a current one. And according to Woodward, Clinton's political advisers all think Greenspan is the devil incarnate, so Clinton gets extra points for resisting them...
...much lower, the issue has alarmed Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata, who condemned the incidents as "intolerable." Said a 78-year- old Korean woman who has lived in Japan for more than 70 years: "These attacks are crazy. Those children have committed no crimes. If the Japanese people want to protest against the North Korean regime, they should do so openly." Most Japanese are also dismayed. Said Sadako Nakano, 49, an accountant and mother: "I wonder why such an ordinary young man did such a nasty thing to an innocent girl...