71.   Public protests against the crackdown have spread, creating a political backlash that has embarrassed the government.

72.   Public protests have been spreading, and after months of stewing silently, politicians have been lining up openly against Chiluba.

73.   Public protests, White House vetoes and GOP moderation in the Senate have blocked much of the backsliding.

74.   Since then the military rulers have systematically harassed and imprisoned the elected opposition members and their supporters, and have choked off any attempts at public protest.

75.   Some opponents of the trade organization say the organization has adopted secretive operating rules that are practically forcing critics into public protests.

76.   Soriano said the RCP is considering several actions against Telefonica, including public protests, a lawsuit or seeking some way to bypass the company.

77.   The administration also feared that by alleviating the hardships of a cold winter, the oil might diminish public protests about his government.

78.   The Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee joined the NAACP in a public protest.

79.   The church asserted an ancient prerogative to judge its own and misunderstood the inevitable public protest.

80.   The campaign includes staged public protests, floods of letters and telephone calls.