Sentence examples for activist occurred from inspiring English sources

She said that one of her shining moments as a community activist occurred in 1975 when she walked into City Hall with a Federal check for $13 million for the repair of the crumbling West Side Highway between 72nd and 82nd Streets.

However, the partially redacted documents reveal the investigation into anti-Keystone activists occurred without prior approval of the top lawyer and senior agent in the Houston field office, a stipulation laid down in rules provided by the attorney general.

For example, a case of mass raids by FBI agents against peace activists occurred in late 2010.

The omnipresent security guards at the conference last night apparently did their job: No activist demonstrations occurred.

Just hours after the U.S. attack, a warplane bombarded the opposition-held town where Tuesday's chemical attack occurred, activists said.

The most recent self-immolation was reported by overseas activist groups to have occurred on February 13th, the third day of Losar, the Tibetan New Year holiday.

Activists said the blast occurred after rebels had fired rockets at southern neighborhoods that are heavily populated with Alawites, the religious sect to which Mr. Assad belongs.

Activists said protests also occurred at the university in Aleppo and in other parts of the city, Syria's second largest and a linchpin for the government's durability.

J. P. Morgan is showing some leniency with other fees; the bank is no longer zinging customers for overdrafts of less than $5. Dimon says these changes are good; it is doubtful they would have occurred had activists not raised a stink.

The Huffington Post-Patch Power Outsurveyssurveys conducted since August have been an effort to reach out to local Republican activists, party officials and officeholders to observe the so-called "invisible primary" for endorsements, campaign cash and activist support that occurs in the months leading up to the early primaries and caucuses.

Earlier in the day, a smaller group of pro-Ukrainians came to pay their respects at the site in the city centre where the first death occurred, a Ukrainian activist shot in the city centre.