Marches

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1. the border area between England and Wales or Scotland, both characterized by continual feuding (13th--16th centuries)

2. a region of central Italy. Capital: Ancona. Pop.: 1 484 601 (2003 est.). Area: 9692 sq. km (3780 sq. miles)

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In spite of an overwhelming show of force from the police, financed in part by a special $8.5 million rider attached to the $87 billion Iraq reconstruction bill, social justice advocates managed to pull off two significant marches. The AFL-CIO, Jobs with Justice, Public Citizen and others brought an estimated 15,000 people into the streets for a high-profile, two-hour march through the thick of downtown.

Bringing globalization home: lessons from Miami in projecting the voices of people of color and connecting global forces to local problems

Past marches have been the birthplace of gay organizations

LASTING RESULTS

"I think the previous marches have done great things," says Hardy-Garcia, who has taken a leave from the Lesbian/Gay Rights Lobby of Texas to work on the march.

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