Word: hear
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...justified. Does my argument open the way for totalitarian results? Analogously, if one claims that some wars may be just, does it mean that he is condoning all war? If his arguments are twisted and distorted by others, this is unfortunate but doesn't detract from his thesis. I hear the objection: Where might your argument take us tomorrow? To this I answer: What is happening today? Jonathan M. Crystal...
...speech as a one-sided activity which is granted or denied an individual on the basis of his actions. But speech is an interactive endeavor, involving both speaker and listener. And by denying a speaker the opportunity to be heard, we do injustice to those who wish to hear his or her point of view...
Consequently, the question is not whether the Contras have disqualified themselves from the discourse of civilized society, but whether free citizens discussing the course of their nation's foreign policy have the right to hear all opinions--including the opinions of those who advocate military action...
Last year on this day, 5000 people filled the Yard to hear the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson speak against apartheid in South Africa and call upon Harvard to divest. The Jackson rally launched last spring's divestment protests...
...missile would have been impossible. J. Fred Bucy, president of Texas Instruments, itself a trading partner of Moscow's, told a Senate panel in 1977 that "the transfer of militarily significant technology has been of major proportions." Harvard holds stock in Ford, Swindell-Dressler and Texas Instruments. Yet we hear no calls for divestiture from these companies, all of which have clearly abetted Soviet expansion...