Word: protesting
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Because the Catholic Church is unalterably opposed to Communism, he said, any man "who claims he is a Catholic is accorded special attention and authority when discussing Communism." Therefore he felt bound to protest "not only as a Catholic but as an American when I feel that the church ... is being used by an individual as a shield and a cloak...
...Anger. At 6:15 one morning last week, two hours after Philippine Air Line workers, backed by the National Labor Union, had thrown a picket line around Manila's International Airport in a protest strike against anti-union firings, Colonel Soriano swept through the line in his Cadillac Fleetwood to see what was going on. A little later, escorted by two P.A.L. vice presidents and an armed guard, Soriano made a speech summoning the workers to return to their jobs...
...Peril. Many Filipinos felt sure that Father Hogan's action was not an individual protest; they thought that the P.A.L. dispute might grow into a major rift between the church and the Philippine government. Manila remembered an eloquent address last fall to Catholic lay leaders in which Apostolic Delegate Vagnozzi had exhorted "the wealthy people [and] businessmen...
...numeral winners in freshman football, we protest the University's decision to use unrestricted funds for the building of a new Varsity Club. It is obvious that such a building will benefit only a small percentage of the students in the College. And it is also true that a new Varsity Club will do little to improve athletics at Harvard...
...Large. Because its stories are based on actual cases, Dragnet breaks a few taboos. A program dealing with sex criminals "drew not one official or unofficial protest," and the city of Detroit borrowed the recording (minus the advertising plugs for Fatima cigarettes) as the climax broadcast of a campaign against sex crimes. The most mail was pulled by a Christmas show called "The Rifle." It dealt with a small boy who found the hiding place of his Christmas-present rifle in plenty of time to kill a playmate. The National Rifle Association protested strongly. Webb turned their letter over...