1.   But did those nasty labor activists have to publicly accuse her of exploiting children to help children?

2.   Christian activists however have an advantage over their secular allies.

3.   Obviously, in the initial stages not all activists would have access to terminals, but most will.

4.   American journalists and human rights activists have blocks of their own.

5.   Animal-rights activists would have a lot of extra time on their hands if Americans stopped eating beef.

6.   As long as Elian remains under threat of deportation, the Cuban-American activists have a cause.

7.   At a time when everything else is so stage-managed, poll-driven and homogenized in politics, platforms are where the activists often have their say.

8.   Activists apparently now have an ally in U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond, outgoing chairman of the Armed Services Committee, whose state was passed over in the tritium decision.

9.   But activists today have the power to do more than say no.

10.   But longtime political activists often have personal ties to the competing factions and want to maintain those relationships, or they too are hedging their bets.