Word: sways
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Nothing could sway the Dominion 11 from their mission--not the cops and certainly not the prospect of free food. Early on the morning of Sept. 15, activists from a range of environmental groups formed a human barrier to block access to a coal plant being built by Dominion in rural Wise County, Virginia. As acts of civil disobedience go, this wasn't exactly Bloody Sunday. The police took a hands-off approach and even offered to buy the protesters breakfast if they unchained themselves. (They declined.) But the consequences were far from trivial. The activists who had formed...
...discipline for helping him avoid traditional political tactics such as personal attacks. By contrast, she said she thought that John McCain’s attacks on Obama had backfired and had actually cost the Republican candidate support. When McCain attacked Obama’s experience in an effort to sway public opinion in his direction, “Obama didn’t take the bait,” Schwartz said, casting a negative light on McCain’s campaign. The two candidates’ approaches to engaging the public were also drastically different, Schwartz said. While Obama?...
...voted before election day, but many on line this morning agreed that the early-voting lines were just too long and so they came back on Election Day itself. This is a big event in North Carolina. Anxious supporters of both parties are there with signs to try to sway the undecided, showing that the outcome of the traditionally red state is still up in the air. One woman, a GOP activist, yells outs, "Straight tickets don't elect presidents, kids!" to a group of sleepy college students. On his way to work, Rob Holmes says he's not worried...
...right time." And McCain, he says, is peaking. Heavy turnout, he adds, is good for all. "If there are more voters, a lot of those are going to be ours too," he says. "Heavy turnout is good for the election process in general and is not going to sway to one side or the other...
...McCain has been an ally of Mexican government interests for many years. He was fundamental to the negotiations of NAFTA and of bilateral border matters. He has also been a proponent for liberal immigration policies for the millions of Mexicans in the U.S. The government's preference holds little sway, however. Apparently, like much of the rest of the world, the country's citizenry has been swept up by Obamamania. - By Dolly Mascarenas / Mexico City...