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  • n  a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats and refuse to move

  • Other gimmicks that he and his campus representatives pushed included the outrageous and the plain corny: a pillow for sit-in demonstrators featuring a pocket containing No Doz .
  • The fact that the sit-in convictions were under state rather than federal law, ruled last week's majority, is "a distinction without a difference.
  • Does one sit in judgment, vigilance, serenity, longing? Does one sit in protest, as at a sit-in, against acts of terrorism and anarchy? Does one sit with America?.
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  • Police seal off Istanbul square to protesters
    ISTANBUL (AP) — Bulldozers cleared all that was left of a two-week sit-in in an Istanbul park and police sealed off the area early Sunday, keeping angry demonstrators from returning to a spot that has become the focus of the strongest challenge to the prime minister in his 10 years in office.
    June 16, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
  • Turkey: Thousands rally in support of Erdogan while protesters continue sit-in
    While anti-government protesters continue their sit-in in Gezi Park, tens of thousands rallied in support of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday. 
    June 15, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
  • Turkish protesters vow 'struggle will continue'
    ISTANBUL (AP) — A group of protesters leading the sit-in at an Istanbul park said Saturday their "struggle will continue," despite a warning and efforts from the prime minister to negotiate a peaceful end to two weeks of demonstrations that have devolved at times into clashes with riot police.
    June 15, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

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