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Picket

(in Russian, avanpost), in some foreign armies and in 18th- and 19th-century Russia, a guard post, stationed in the enemy’s direction, in order to protect the troops, which were either at rest or in a defense position, from a surprise attack.

Picket

the name of a small detachment, outpost, or outguard used for security at the halt. Pickets were used in the French and certain other armies, including the Russian Army from the 19th century. They could include up to a platoon of infantry or cavalry and were sent out 2-4 km away from the troops in bivouac in the direction of the enemy. The pickets had pairs of sentries or advance posts in front of them.

pale

1. A flat strip (slat) or round stake, usually of wood; set in series to form a fence.

2. An area enclosed by such stakes.

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In Olds, farmer picketers, emboldened by a mass meeting held in the local arena, took part in a scuffle with officials at the Mountain View Co-operative Stockyards and members of the RCMP.

"Strike action is forced upon us!" The Alberta Farmers' strike of 1946

. Approximately 5,000 picketers clashed with 4,000 riot police.

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Picketers quickly established a routine in the 'cold rain, bitter winds' of wintry north-west Tasmania.

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We are "the Silhouettes against the snow," as Grace Petrasek's book of 1991 called pro-life picketers.

Silhouettes against the snow

The more that come, the better it is." When the clinic introduced the program two years ago, a few confused picketers asked to be counted twice, according to the clinic's associate director, Bill Woodson.

Money in their pickets

In response, unemployed workers began to organize, giving birth to the piquetero (or picketers) movement and adopting the strategy of blocking highways to make their demands.

Straight from the barrios: Argentina's TV piquetera is transforming broadcast media into an instrument of the poor

Those non-existent picketers may be the least of it.

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Many of those picketers slept on the side, in bus stops or in a bus or in people's homes, on the floor.

'SORRYS MAKE ME SICK'SAYS TYRONE O'SULLIVAN

Narrator D: A few days later, police arrest the picketers, charging them with obstructing traffic.

Iron jawed angels: in 1917, the U.S. went to war to save democracy in Europe. But in America, women could not vote. Alice Paul and courageous women like her campaigned to change that

Picketers and more than 40 speakers from as far away as Elko attended the meeting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Nevada regents refuse to rescind vote on college officials

Convention-goers were mostly oblivious to the small group of Scouting for All picketers that showed up during the meeting.

Emptying the Cradle of Liberty. (The Right Perspective)

Phelps' picketers clashed with regular church protesters calling for Law's resignation in Boston.