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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An extended session, as on a college or university campus, for lectures and discussions on an important, usually controversial issue.
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- noun An extended session of lectures or discussions on controversial topics as a form of
protest .
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- noun an extended session (as on a college campus) for lectures and discussion on an important and usually controversial issue
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Examples
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Outside the Manhattan federal courthouse Monday, Carpenter described how she closed her account with a teller while about 20 protesters held what they called a "teach-in" in the branch, describing their experiences with the bank.
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The investigator noted Frye "has come to our attention" on a number of occasions, including involvement in a letter questioning Canada's complicity in the Vietnam conflict, and his role on the honourary board of an international educational forum, called a "teach-in," on China at the University of Toronto in 1966.
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Before the afternoon protest on August 4, a forum or teach-in with speakers was held at First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans in the morning.
Susan Buchanan: Gulf Activists Stage Protest as BP's Cleanup Slows Susan Buchanan 2011
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Before the afternoon protest on August 4, a forum or teach-in with speakers was held at First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans in the morning.
Susan Buchanan: Gulf Activists Stage Protest as BP's Cleanup Slows Susan Buchanan 2011
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Also speaking at the teach-in was Dr. Mike Robichaux, a Raceland-based physician and former Louisiana state senator, who said "I'm seeing people really sick from the spill, with headaches, abdominal cramps, fatigue and memory loss."
Susan Buchanan: Gulf Activists Stage Protest as BP's Cleanup Slows Susan Buchanan 2011
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Also speaking at the teach-in was Dr. Mike Robichaux, a Raceland-based physician and former Louisiana state senator, who said "I'm seeing people really sick from the spill, with headaches, abdominal cramps, fatigue and memory loss."
Susan Buchanan: Gulf Activists Stage Protest as BP's Cleanup Slows Susan Buchanan 2011
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Anne Rolfes, founding director of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade in New Orleans, spoke at the early August teach-in, and said the local oil industry clearly has an accident problem.
Susan Buchanan: Gulf Activists Stage Protest as BP's Cleanup Slows Susan Buchanan 2011
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The group at the teach-in sang "This Little Light of Mine" and a spiritual, led by Brown, a gospel and soul singer.
Susan Buchanan: Gulf Activists Stage Protest as BP's Cleanup Slows Susan Buchanan 2011
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At this month's teach-in, LaTosha Brown, director of the Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health in New Orleans, said "BP recently made $5.6 billion in profits after destroying our ecosystem."
Susan Buchanan: Gulf Activists Stage Protest as BP's Cleanup Slows Susan Buchanan 2011
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The group at the teach-in sang "This Little Light of Mine" and a spiritual, led by Brown, a gospel and soul singer.
Susan Buchanan: Gulf Activists Stage Protest as BP's Cleanup Slows Susan Buchanan 2011
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