Word: vigil
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Condemning the rising tide of neo-Nazi violence and anti-foreigner sentiment in Germany, about 75 people--mostly graduate students and faculty of Harvard's Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures--held a vigil on the steps of Widener Library last night...
McIsaac also said the vigil was meant toaddress the slow response of the German governmentto the violence. "It became very apparent to usthat the government wasn't moving very quickly,"he said...
...Detroit's 1967 riots still burning in their memories, Detroit officials reacted swiftly, suspending seven officers, some of whom a county prosecutor says will face criminal charges. So far, the beating has inspired not rage but reflection and muted anger. On Tuesday some 300 people attended a prayer vigil, and on Thursday more than 1,500 came to Green's funeral...
More than 100 members of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers yesterday held a candlelight vigil outside the University administration's Mass. Hall headquarters, claiming strong support from students and from U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy...
...letter from Kennedy to Harvard workers, read at the vigil, called the current contract negotiations between Harvard and the union "unproductive." Kennedy praised the union as "a leading voice for working women everywhere," and saidhe supports the union in its negotiations...