Word: slams
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...neutralize the issue, Republicans will take two tacks. The members in tight reelection races will slam Foley's conduct and take whatever steps necessary to bash Republican leadership as well. Christopher Shays, in a close race for reelection in Connecticut, has already called for the resignation of any member of the House leadership "if they knew or should have known" about the e-mails, and while other Republicans may not go that far, they'll call for investigations. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert has already asked both the state of Florida and the Justice Department to look into Foley...
Organized by the Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) and the Harvard Institute for Peace and Justice (HIPJ), about 30 protestors marched from Harvard Yard to Allston, shouting slogans along the way that criticized the military for its conduct in Iraq and its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy which prohibits gay individuals from serving openly...
...HIPJ and SLAM also received some high-profile help Friday. Joining them at their event was the Green-Rainbow Party’s gubernatorial candidate Grace C. Ross ’83 and her well-known supporter, Dan “The Bagel Man” Kontoff, an erstwhile candidate for the Boston City Council and State House...
...addition to the SLAM and HIPJ activists, three “informally affiliated” protestors entered the Gordon Track and Tennis Center—the site of the career forum—in plain clothes, but changed into superhero costumes once inside. Clad as superheroes, the students attempted to enlist in the armed forces to protest its ban on openly gay soldiers...
...addition to Friday’s rally, SLAM and the SEIU have organized a letter-writing campaign to Murphy and Interim University President Derek...