Word: protested
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Nader's appearances protest his exclusion from the presidential debates. Shut out by his single digit poll numbers, Nader failed to clear the 15 percent qualifying mark established by the Commission on Presidential Debates. Whether or not he merits inclusion, circumstances surrounding the UMass debate lend credibility to the principal sentiment driving Nader's campaign: Unchecked corporate power has co-opted instruments of government at the people's expense...
...that the voting returns are too close to determine a winner, Milosevic has declared that there will be a runoff vote, which will take place this Sunday. Meanwhile, Kostunica is contesting the new vote as undemocratic. He has urged Serbs to boycott the polls and flood the streets in protest. Some Western analysts have questioned the wisdom of this strategy. They fear that low voter turnout will enable Milosevic to declare a fraudulent victory after the second round...
...Angeles these days, going on strike is about the grooviest thing you can do short of wearing a hip-hoppy knit winter cap while lifting weights at Crunch next to Tobey Maguire. L.A.'s bus and rail operators have been on strike for about three weeks now in protest over the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's plan to eliminate some work rules and reduce overtime pay. The actors' unions recently set a record with the longest strike in Hollywood history, over pay for commercials. And already the Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the Writers...
...percent of young people feel there is no major difference between the candidates, according to a CSAE survey released Sept. 27. When a highly heterogenous population produces nearly indistinguishable candidates, the hegemony of the Voting Party is clear. Not voting makes little sense as an act of protest...
...with 7,500 residents and two nude dance clubs. Steve Thomas, father of two, says the existence of the clubs was bad enough, but the drive-through, open since April, further degrades women. He and others meet weekly at Pastor Beth Hans' Straight to the Heart Ministry to write protest letters to judges and politicians. Pastor Hans says she's been counseling men who are fighting the temptation of drive-through flesh. "They get off work and go over there, and their wives are home wondering, 'What is wrong with this relationship...