minuteman

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If people don't stand up to these 'minuteman', or as we in San Diego like to call them, MInutemen ...

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  1. noun An armed man pledged to be ready to fight on a minute's notice just before and during the Revolutionary War in the United States.

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  • Across the street, Choose Black America, a front group for the anti-immigrant march sponsors, Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), and Save Our State, a minuteman spin-off, fretted and stewed. —  LA IMC
  • If people don't stand up to these 'minuteman', or as we in San Diego like to call them, MInutemen ... —  The Austin Daily Herald
  • Free Gaza Activists Welcomed Home as Heroes, then Join Protest Against Israeli War Justice for Annette García: Community responds to police murder of activist mother Local activists oppose police, minuteman harassment of day laborers (pictures) —  LA IMC
  • Local activists oppose police, minuteman harassment of day laborers (pictures) 'onclick =' this. focus (); this. select () ' —  LA IMC
  • Local activists oppose police, minuteman harassment of day laborers (pictures) by Rockero Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009 at 5: 39 PM —  LA IMC
 

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