Word: revolt
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Russia Muzzles Press The Russian government banned a television show and 15 opposition newspapers and ordered two others -- including Pravda -- to fire their editors and change their names if they wanted to remain open. The Press Ministry said the news organizations had ''promoted destabilization'' during the revolt earlier this month...
...about his company's reputational risk. The author, head of strategic services at Nielsen Online, tells tale after tale of angry consumers whose gripes were magnified a thousandfold through online postings, message boards, YouTube and even the mainstream media when a seemingly ordinary dispute spiraled. In one notable consumer revolt in 2005, media pundit Jeff Jarvis used his popular blog BuzzMachine to chastise Dell founder Michael Dell on the quality of the company's laptop and customer service. A legion of other dissatisfied customers piled on. The resulting consumer firestorm damaged the brand name, writes Blackshaw: "A swarm of digital...
...Friday, Olmert was interrogated for the third time in a widening probe on alleged corruption and fraud that could eventually lead to the flame-out of his political career. A revolt has already begun in Olmert's Kadima party, which has decided to hold primaries by mid-September, a move designed to oust...
...Members of the Class of 1808 participate in a 1807 student protest against the quality of College food. Seventeen students are eventually expelled for their participation in the revolt, which would become known as the “Rotten Cabbage Rebellion...
...difficult to negotiate with them; they're mentally stuck in the 1970s and '80s," says Atilio de Angeli, one of the leaders of the farm revolt. Indeed, while the farmers claim to want to negotiate with the government, they say the government does not want to reciprocate. "This is not a farm protest; this is a lockout," growled Peronist legislator Carlos Kunkel, an unofficial spokeman for the Kirchners, comparing the farmers to company owners who shut down their factories rather than negotiate with striking employees...