Sentences with phrase «of picketers»

«There were busloads of picketers outside our office.»

The exact source of these reprisals is unclear, but apparently they were not the result of direct orders from bishops or the Vatican; rather, they came from college presidents engaging in self - censure out of fear of picketers from the «prolife» movement.

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Noticing that those going to abortion clinics tend to shy away from sidewalk counselors, picketers, and even rosary - reciters, Mariam Bell of Annandale, Virginia, came up with a different idea.

Former policeman Mike Freeman has spoken of how officers were ordered to write statements for arrests they had not made, while veteran Labour MP Dennis Skinner said he saw «dogs and horses» being set on picketers.

He, along with fellow Democrat Carrie Woerner of the neighboring 113th, invited lawmakers from across the state to join the picketers.

Von Hagens has fended off Catholic picketers and accusations of grave robbing.

Nah, we'd have families of Hinderburg victims all over our asses; I mean, they say there's no such thing as bad press, but when you've got picketers holding up flaming signs that say, «Oh, the humanity,» I'm sorry, that's bad press.

He laments the impending destruction of the medieval site, while student picketers chant their protests and a surly construction worker blocks the forest path.