picket-line

Many of the people he spoke to were "strike rookies", he says, "still getting used to picket-line etiquette, and tentatively explaining the tangle of emotions and convictions that had brought them out."24 year-old Megan Williams, called to withdraw her labour by that renowned Bolshevik front organisation the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists, said, "I feel terrible about being on strike."

Public sector strikes - Wednesday 30 November 2011

Newsnight's Paul Mason, his picket-line interlocutor, could not be spotted among the tearful gathering as Byford gestured towards the expenses brouhaha by pointing out he was paying for the drinks; furthermore, the rock-mad suit said that he had always paid for his Glastonbury ticket, even if this meant giving the dosh to charity because BBC bureaucrats wouldn't let him.

Media Monkey's Diary 2011

He entertained us most hospitably for an hour or so, and then, accompanied by a lieutenant, who was to be our guide, I set out ahead of my companions to gain a point on the picket-line where I expected to get a good look at the French, for their rifle-pits were but a few hundred yards off across the Marne, their main line being just behind the rifle-pits.

She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

Shortly after we reached this point Wood's division passed my left flank on its reconnoissance, and my command, moving in support of it, drove in the enemy's picket-line.

She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

To do the work required, necessitated an increase of my command, and the Seventh Kansas Cavalry was therefore added to it, and my picket-line extended so as to cover from Jacinto southwesterly to a point midway between Rienzi and Booneville, and then northwesterly to the Hatchie River.

She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

The probability, of his being searched when he came to the Confederate picket-line was not remote, and in such event he was to swallow the pellet.

She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

I organized a protest, picket-line and all, against the 7-11 in my neighborhood when they raised the price of Slurpees from ten to thirteen cents.

John Shore: Eldridge Cleaver, Beaver Cleaver, and Cops Chasing My Mom 2010

From this critical situation he escaped; however, making his way through the enemy's picket-line in the darkness by crawling on his belly and deceiving the sentinels by imitating the grunts of the half-wild, sand-colored hogs with which the country abounded.

She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

I organized a protest, picket-line and all, against the 7-11 in my neighborhood when they raised the price of Slurpees from ten to thirteen cents.

Eldridge Cleaver, Beaver Cleaver, and Cops Chasing My Mom 2010

Near the gate of the city we came on the German picket-line, and one of the Officers, recognizing our uniforms -- he having served in the war of the rebellion -- stepped forward and addressed me in good English.

She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010