Word: protested
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...This is a great country, and it's excellent that they're allowed to protest," he said. "We definitely need to watch out whenever we're doing any science, but imagine if one of their grandparents were sick [and needed biotechnological help...
...turn make U.S. children legally vulnerable abroad. But at the same time, Al Gore needs Florida votes. As a result, although Reno has demanded that the Miami family stop stalling, the Clinton Administration has little stomach for enforcing its decision to return Elian to Cuba, especially given the protest violence that might erupt in Miami...
...moderate was talking war, what were the hawks in the People's Liberation Army planning? U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen, touring Asia, said Beijing's "threat of the use of force is counterproductive." Later, in Washington, the State Department summoned China's ambassador, Li Zhaoxing, to protest China's threats and ask Beijing to tone down its rhetoric...
...named several current composers aligned with those called the "New Tonalists." But a number of other composers, myself included, foreshadowed the return to tonalism back in the 1950s and '60s, when audiences left the concert halls in droves to protest what they felt was music that did not communicate. My compositions were dubbed "hopelessly tonal." Now it is safe to be a tonal composer. But the risk lies in music becoming so openly derivative and unchallenging, so dangerously reliant on effect, that it will invite a swing away from tonality and a move back to another period of nontonality. BENJAMIN...
...direction of the state's Supreme Court, which ruled that same-sex couples are entitled to equal rights. The state senate is expected to pass the bill easily, and Governor Howard Dean has vowed to sign it. That doesn't mean there hasn't been a fire storm of protest. Critics say such a law would destroy the foundation of marriage. And they're poised to challenge it in court. But gays are celebrating what they call a symbolic and practical victory...