THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, August 21, 1996 TAG: 9608211061
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A5 EDITION: FINAL
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Consumer activist Ralph Nader, 62, accepted the Green Party
nomination for president Monday night with a speech blasting
corporate tax breaks. ``It's time this country has a political
alternative - a progressive mainstream that defends consumers and
workers against corporate welfare,'' Nader told the 350 people at
``Green Gathering '96'' in Los Angeles.
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