Word: stunt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...could hardly have done otherwise, as yet another Harvard student publicity stunt was launched yesterday, in front of hundreds of students in the Government class taught by Michael Sandel, Harvey Mansfield and George Will...
...with Greenpeace stickers and graffiti, slip notes to some of the press people invited by the French to witness the explosions, write a few postcards of Mururoa and drop them into the PX mail slot, get the French to search for them, and perhaps stall the first test. The stunt is planned as a classic Greenpeace "action," a dead-serious, nonviolent prank executed at considerable peril...
...Hsin-liang, a contender in Taiwan's first presidential election, has come up with a campaign stunt that's hard to top: sailing into the path of a nuclear weapon. As a protest against China's widely-criticized plans to stage missile tests near its offshore rival, Hsu rented a fishing boat and headed for the test site 90 miles north of the island. "As a world superpower, China should try to resolve disputes by peaceful means, not by military threats," the opposition Democratic Progressive Party candidate said by telephone from the boat. Taiwan has perceived the tests, scheduled...
...admits that her release raises more questions than it answers. "Was it just a publicity stunt?" she asked TIME. "Or was it designed to get more investment from abroad? Was it merely a way to lighten international pressure, or was it really for the good of the nation for all of us to work together? I certainly hope it is the latter, but only time will tell." At the same time, she has been painstakingly cautious in her statements. She confessed to a natural affinity for the military because her father, Burmese nationalist hero Aung San, was a general...
...able to bring about what is good for the nation." Outside, members of her long-suppressed National League for Democracy were cutting back a six-year growth of grass and weeds. As for the precise reason for her release, the "Lady" could only speculate: "Was it just a publicity stunt, or was it designed to get more investment from abroad? Was it merely a way to lighten international pressure, or was it really for the good of the nation for all of us to work together? I certainly hope it is the latter, but only time will tell. Most people...