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Article: College students ready to protest IMF, World Bank
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- University Wire
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- April 14, 2000
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Matt Berger & Sarah Lechner
University Wire
04-14-2000
(U-WIRE) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON -- Students from around the country began arriving in the nation's capital Friday, ready to protest the actions of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund during their weekend meetings.
Outside the World Bank headquarters Friday, Peter Graif, 19, sat and watched with two friends as police barricaded the building. He traveled all night from Amherst College in Massachusetts and will be spending the weekend sleeping on a gymnasium floor.
"We just realized this is the first chance to get our voices heard," Graif said. "What the World Bank is doing isn't fair to the rest of the world."
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