. . "The tide of protest was at its high-water mark, and thereafter receded steadily. - Jonathan Schell, 2007.... the No Nukes rally that began at the United Nations ended on the Great Lawn where performers such as Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, and Linda Ronstadt sang to a crowd estimated at hundreds of thousands. - New York City Department of Parks and Recreation" . . . . . .