For Carol Tokuyo, one of a group meeting under the banner "Youth and Environmental Justice", the culture of consumption and private gain is the root of the problem - the reason why humanity is on an unsustainable track.

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But 2012 was a banner year for the group.

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For example, he said he and many other "Anons" disagree with actions by Sabu and others under the banner of Anonymous splinter-group Lulzsec.

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When the Wings won the Stanley Cup in 1997 for the first time in 42 years, Ms. McCarthy and a group of regulars raised a Red Wings championship banner behind the bar a ritual they repeated in 1998, 2002 and 2008.

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Rachel Banner from True Wales, the main "vote no" campaign group in last year's referendum on assembly powers, said she was worried about the costs.

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In addition to the myriad letters, fan sites and blogs, a group of Mars fans dispatched a plane towing a "Renew Veronica Mars" banner to fly over the CW offices.

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The release of Shia militants from the kidnap group, which calls itself the Leagues of Righteousness, is being carried out under the banner of that process and of Iraqi national reconciliation.

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Blackstone Real Estate Group's LXR Luxury Resorts has amassed 33 properties, along with 681 hotels, under the Extended Stay banner.

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