Word: protesting
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...G.O.P. challenger Matt Fong, but also her daughter is married to one of Hillary Clinton's younger brothers. Boxer deemed the President's behavior "wrong" but urged everyone to "move on." That wasn't enough for Fong, who painted the Senator as a hypocrite who led the chorus of protest against Republicans Clarence Thomas and then Senator Bob Packwood when they were accused of sexual misconduct, but was now giving Clinton a virtual pass. "Barbara," said Fong, "your silence on this is deafening...
Russians are long-suffering, but they have been suffering too long to remain passive. If the anguish drags on until the 2000 election, they might not take to the barricades, but they are apt to protest with their votes. Western experts are concerned that Russians could reject what has been peddled to them as democracy and capitalism and toss it all overboard. The leading candidates to succeed Yeltsin already include Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov and retired General Alexander Lebed, the Governor of Krasnoyarsk province. Luzhkov cultivates the air of a strongman and is no fan of reform. Lebed's political...
...looking for a compromise," says TIME U.N. reporter Stuart Stogel. "The fact that his letter of resignation was released to the media by Richard Butler even before it went to the Security Council suggests that Butler may concur with some of its sentiments." Despite Ritter's principled protest, the tide of realpolitik may have turned against him -- Kofi Annan's call for a "comprehensive review" of the UNSCOM-Iraq relationship reflects an emerging consensus in the U.N. to try to bring the arms control-sanctions saga to a close...
...Martin, the son of a Pittsburgh steelworker, gained the role of Lewinsky's indispensable man after engineering an even greater escape. In February, when Lewis was forced to testify before the grand jury and left the courthouse in anguish, Martin made a rare public appearance to protest. His confidential negotiations proved even more effective, private lawyers in the case tell TIME. Warning prosecutors that if Lewis were recalled, she would criticize them for cruelty and reignite a public backlash from her first appearance, Martin is said to have suggested a compromise: allow her to testify in a deposition outside...
...least, is well known to British intelligence. It is led by Michael "Mickey" McKevitt -- who, as former Quartermaster General of the Provisional IRA, knows where all the semtex is stashed. McKevitt was one of the most prominent figures to resign from the IRA Army Council last October in protest over Sinn Fein's involvement in the peace process. Short of cash and short of arms, McKevitt's men have been keen to talk other Republican splinter groups into pooling resources. Whether or not they were responsible, Saturday's blast may end up being the kind of publicity the Real...