Word: vigil
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...abelson and others passed out signs and buttons to anyone that would accept, many people walked by with their heads down, picking up their pace as the protesters pleaded to "join them for a few moments to vigil for peace...
...while a good number of those driving by the vigil honked loudly and flashed "thumbs-up" signs to the protesters, a few verbally illustrated their disdain for the protest, yelling profanities out the windows of their cars...
...clock struck midnight last night signalling the probable imminency of war, about 130 demonstrators gathered outside the Harvard Cooperative Society for an impromptu candlelight vigil that turned into a peace march...
Activist M. Scott Murphy '92 said he had plans for a 24-hour peace center in the Harvard Science Center modeled after the MIT vigil, pending approval from the administration. He described the anti-war effort at Harvard as much less organized than its counterparts at nearby universities...
...date heralds what the antiwar groups hope will be the start of an intensive peace campaign. The Military Families Support Network will begin a vigil the day before in front of the White House, and the Women's Peace Group will start a fast. On Jan. 19 and 26, rallies and marches are planned for the streets of the capital. Says Massachusetts activist Tekla Lewin: "George Bush and his advisers are doing everything they can to plug their ears. This will be a way to get heard." The sound is still far from deafening -- but it does keep growing louder...