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...Kong to rally Asian unions against the hotel and urge travel agents to avoid it. It has secured endorsements from scores of the city's Asian and Latino civic and business groups, as well as 11 out of 15 city councillors, and it blocked rush-hour traffic with a sit-down protest last spring that resulted in 57 arrests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR'S YOUTH BRIGADE | 7/15/1996 | See Source »

...armies of the Christian Coalition, he talked about his voting record, and left it to South Carolina's popular Governor David Beasley to testify for him. "I've sat face to face with Bob Dole," Beasley told the crowd when he introduced the Senator, as if that were a sit-down with God. What the Governors, each in their turn, have all been trying to say is that they've seen Bob Dole where he is best, in the back rooms making the childish ones act like adults, a place where they speak a different language than the verses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: Rescue Party | 3/11/1996 | See Source »

...MORNING OF NOV. 1, AND "NEWTSIE," as Dole affectionately refers to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has thrown a fit. Gingrich and Dole are only hours away from their first serious sit-down with Bill Clinton to discuss the Republican budget. But Gingrich is threatening to scrap the long-awaited session. The morning's New York Times has quoted White House spokesman Mike McCurry describing the planned session as an "encouraging" concession on the part of the Republican leadership. "That's enough," Gingrich cries. "I'm not going down there [to the White House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WILL THE REAL BOB DOLE PLEASE STAND UP? | 11/20/1995 | See Source »

...believe they wanted to do more fast food instead of sit-down, but the landlords wouldn't allow it," he said. "They've been trying to get out' of here for some time...

Author: By Lindsey M. Turrentine, | Title: More Square Eateries Close | 1/18/1995 | See Source »

Special kosher meals and the recent addition of garden burgers to the dining halls' daily grill menu offer more dining alternatives for students with special needs. HDS also provides students with bag lunches if they don't have time for a sit-down lunch...

Author: By Jessica C. Schell, | Title: Is Harvard Dining Services SERVING Your Needs? | 12/13/1993 | See Source »

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