Word: platformate
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with views like Wallace's is entitled to a soapbox and to police protecties-nothing mere. No student group serves the cause of free speech by giving such an individual a responsible platform...
...speech he not only defended the use of police dogs in Birmingham but also discussed his own political future. He expressed his opposition to the policies of the president by suggesting his own entrance into some of the presidential primaries of next year. He used the Harvard platform to profess his racist views and promote his racist views and promote his political ambition...
...asking that his campaign train bypass Wisconsin. Ike felt an added personal embarrassment: high among McCarthy's list of "traitors" was Ike's old boss and longtime friend, General George C. Marshall. But the campaign managers routed him into the state anyway and sat him on a platform with McCarthy himself. Why did Ike drop from his speech a tribute to Marshall? The professional politicians pointed out that he had already defended Marshall at a news conference and that the repetition "could be interpreted only as a 'chip-on-the-shoulder' attitude. By thus arousing...
...hour in the receiving line, were mobbed by enthusiastic handshakers and well-wishers for half an hour longer. Even Senator Goldwater's children, Los Angeles Stockbroker Barry Goldwater Jr. and Housewife Mrs. Thomas Ross of suburban Torrence, turned up to say hello. And when Rocky mounted the platform to urge Republican unity, the hall rang with cheers. Grinned Rocky later: "It couldn't have worked out better. I enjoyed every minute...
Nonetheless no argument has been presented yet which adequately justifies opposition to Wallace's speech at Harvard on November 4. In objecting to Wallace because he will not appear on the same platform with a person of different views, some people, especially dissident Young Democrats, show surprising belief in the gullibility of Harvard students. Besides, Wallace has agreed to forty-five minutes of questioning after his speech...