But with the fall of communism in the former Yugoslavia Plavsic became an activist for Serb nationalism.
In 1981, having become an activist for the Solidarity movement, he was briefly interned under martial law.
She scolded one young activist for heading into the streets without a jacket.
Also speaking at the event was Gege Katana, a prominent women's rights activist for the past 25 years in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
"We are the ones that are the most effected" by climate change, said Saul Vicente-Vasquez, a Mexican economist and longtime human rights activist for indigenous peoples.
She also was a longtime activist for a range of charities and civic-oriented issues, among them AIDS care and research and the Stroke Association of Southern California.
Winkler was ridiculed for his dyslexia as a child -- his parents called him Dumb Dog -- so it's no surprise that he's become an activist for others with dyslexia.
Nelson had been an environmental activist for years and in 1963, shortly after he took office in the Senate, he persuaded President Kennedy to go on a five-state conservation tour.
Barbara Lee, a national activist for women in politics, has filled her collection almost entirely with work by women partly to support artists she believes are underrepresented by museums and galleries.
But alongside that has been a lifelong lesson in campaigning the activist for poverty reduction in Africa spoke frankly on Friday about how his views about philanthropy had now stretched to include an appreciation for capitalism.
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"By levying a fine that is but a tiny fraction of the ill-gotten gains, the SEC is pinning a 'Kick Me' sign on the backside of the rule of law, " says PatrickByrnePatrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com, and big activist for reform in trading rules.
There are so many other implausible plot elements, but the only one important enough to address is the twist at the conclusion of the film, in which it turns out that Krasinski, supposedly an activist for a radical environmental group, actually works for the same company as Damon.
"By levying a fine that is but a tiny fraction of the ill-gotten gains, the SEC is pinning a 'Kick Me' sign on the backside of the rule of law, " says Patrick Byrne , CEO of Overstock.com (nasdaq: OSTK - news - people ), and big activist for reform in trading rules.
In the past companies have condemned activist investors for focusing on short-term profits.
She then became an activist campaigning for the rights of children and girls.
In young Imaculee who told us she wants to be a leader, an activist, for Rwanda, for the children of Rwanda.
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Bill McKibben, the author and activist famous for halting the Keystone XL pipeline, led a rally in Washington, D.
The activist said rebels now control the town and most of the surrounding areas, although President Assad still has supporters, whom the activist blamed for the attack.
Companies with a rising cash balance have become a popular target for activist investors, and size is no longer a roadblock for many agitators.
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Loeb has also helped usher in a new era for so-called activist investors, agitators for corporate change who used to be derided, but now are increasingly accepted and even celebrated for brining accountability to corporate America.
Their eventual victory was hailed as the first for activist hedge funds in France.
Her new novel Bear Witness tells the story of an activist who fights for bears to roam free in Scotland.
Haggith's new novel Bear Witness tells the story of an activist who fights for bears to roam free in Scotland.
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The second virus, backdoor.breut, which was e-mailed to him by an activist inside Syria for analysis, launched the same way.
He worked as a writer and political activist and campaigned for better rights for the Azeri people in the Persian State.
Paul Singer is well known for his aggressive bets against emerging country debt and for activist investment stances in poorly run companies.
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He was asked about a proposal by activist Desmond Tutu for whites to pay a wealth tax, given their heritage of privilege.
It provides specific instructions for judges on complex legal issues involving comity and choice of forum, thus closing potential loopholes for activist judges.
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In Tel Aviv, we meet Daphni Leef, a young Israeli activist whose calls for social justice led to the largest protest in the country's history.
Anti-biotech activist group Center for Food Safety then filed suit against APHIS, alleging that its EA was inadequate under NEPA and demanding a full environmental impact statement (EIS).
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