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...months ago, Mathews and five other demonstrators stripped down to colorful underwear and strategically placed tape in a Harvard Square protest that was part of PETA’s “Rather go naked than wear fur” campaign. The six were arrested for disorderly conduct and indecent exposure...
While Mathews had been optimistic the case would be dismissed, the judge ruled yesterday to have a pretrial hearing in late May, giving the prosecution the time it requested to assess the evidence and review the footage of the protest...
...first three hostages, their abductors demanded that Japan withdraw its troops from Iraq. In that kind of situation, it's quite natural for the parents and families to make emotional statements, with some politics thrown in. On top of that, there were people who tried to use this to protest against the war. All that might have caused the backlash. However, I don't understand the accusation that it caused trouble to the government. The government exists to protect the lives of its nationals with taxpayer money. It's their...
...toxic chemicals and petroleum and on corporate profits above $2 million. But the Republican-led Congress allowed the fees to expire in 1995. Bush is the first President to oppose the levies, and last month Lautenberg and other Senate Democrats lost a narrow vote to reinstate them. In protest, the Sierra Club aired "Make Polluters Pay" TV ads in Pennsylvania, Florida and Michigan--all swing states. And on April 15, tax day, activists in 25 states picketed post offices to object. "We went from polluters paying to citizens paying," says Oklahoma environmentalist Earl Hatley. "Now EPA doesn't have...
...when news and entertainment keep invading each other's turf, no one on television better embodies the ideal marriage of the two. Couric can grill Hillary Clinton or Bob Dole (so assertively that his wife had to step in and protest), probe delicate emotions with the Columbine families or Elizabeth Smart's parents, giggle excitedly with the dumbest Hollywood star and ogle the hot handbags for spring--all without a hint of strain. Her interviews on Today (the top-rated TV morning show for the past nine years) often set the news agenda for the day, and her hairstyles...