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...idea that it's sex. To children it looks like a fight. They see two people sweating, jumping, screaming . . . all of a sudden he's knocked out, and she's dancing. The kid is wondering, 'I never even saw the punch. How did this happen?' " And putting down a heckler: "All great men were rejected. You'll never have this problem...
ACLU/CLUM has also adopted a clear policy against "the heckler's veto." While heckling or mild interruption of a speaker is a form of expression entitled to First Amendment protection, even if offensive or obnoxious, nevertheless, in an extreme form "conduct that effectively prevents the speaker from speaking or the audience from hearing cannot be classified as protected speech." It is the equivalent of "acts of physical force" excercized against the speaker. "The speaker is as entitled to protection from this form of interference as from any other physical obstruction...
Seniors Raymond B. Floyd and Andrew C. Heckler told public safety officers that they had that night served alcoholic beverages to the women accusing Krumsiek and Flanagan, according to the Daily Sun. But the two pleaded innocent in city court last week, the newspaper reported...
...Friday--As of yet, no Commencement speaker has been selected. Finalists are rumored to be: newly appointed Ambassador to Ireland Margaret M. Heckler, former EPA administrator Anne G. Burford, and the Walker family...
Outgoing HHS Secretary Margaret Heckler said that "knowledge and life- style" factors such as smoking, alcohol, diet and obesity accounted for much of the health gap. A startling 10,909 excess deaths resulted from homicide or accidents, which Heckler deemed a health matter because more than half were related to alcohol or drug abuse. Ohio's Democratic Congressman Louis Stokes criticized the study, arguing that it failed to point out that "Reagan budget cuts have had a major impact on the health of minorities." Although Heckler proposed no new remedies, she set aside a $3 million monitoring fund to ensure...