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...argument that hissing and heckling are themselves viable expressions of speech which deserve protection, Bok shows his fundamentally lawyerly approach to the issue by responding with the old chestnut, "'Your freedom to swing your fist stops at the point of my nose.' . . . If persons opposed to a speaker's policies wish to publicize that fact, they can do so in various ways that will not interfere with the lights of the speaker and the audience," such as peaceful picketing, petitions, or leafletting...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: Free Speech on Center Stage, Nationally | 9/29/1984 | See Source »

...would get on the "Mass Ave" streetcar and go into town to the Fine Arts Theater around the corner from the old Loew's State-Theater. There we would sit entranced by Rene Clair's Sous Les Toits de Paris and Le Million or Congress Dances, a charming old chestnut about the Congress of Vienna, replete with waltzes and romantic intrigue, which for some reason or other we used to pride ourselves on having seen at least a dozen times. For years the Fine Arts was the only theater showing foreign films in Boston...

Author: By Marian CANON Schlesinger, | Title: In the Midst of Changes | 6/4/1984 | See Source »

...Chestnut Hill, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 14, 1984 | 5/14/1984 | See Source »

...CHESTNUT HILL--Bobby Kay celebrated his 20th birthday. Jim Chenevey his first college start Gaylord Lyman celebrated his recovery from the flu; Tony DiCesare his incredible hitting streak. Elliott Rivera and Doug Sutton just celebrated...

Author: By Mike Knobler, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Rivera Homers Twice as Batmen Party, 13-2 | 4/26/1984 | See Source »

...CHESTNUT HILL--The seven candidates for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination found little to disagree about yesterday a two-hour debate marked by a lack of confrontation and conflict...

Author: By Paul DUKE Jr., SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Senate Hopefuls Debate at Pine Manor | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

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