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...Calero rose to speak. He jumped onto the podium, but Harvard University Police apprehended him before he could reach Calero...
...leftist troublemaker did manage to sneak in, however. Joshua Laub, a senior at Tufts and a member of the International Committee Against Racism (INCAR), attempted to attack Calero as the contra made his way to the podium. Harvard police quickly and successfully subdued Laub, but Law School officials nonetheless cancelled the event, despite Calero's willingness to continue...
Harvard security takes every precaution when a controversial speaker is invited to campus. Bags are searched and ID's are checked at the door. Police flank the podium and video cameras film the audience. Escape routs are planned in advance...
...moments, she was overcome with emotion and could not speak. Her husband, Jim, who stood beside her at the podium, urged her to "take a minute, take a minute" to compose herself before continuing her statement...
Occasionally, when a wayward voter rebuffed their earnest entreaties, they dropped to their knees to pray for the misguided soul heading toward the ballot boxes in the crowded Ames, Iowa, arena. But when their candidate finally strode onto the podium with the beaming countenance of a man blessed with faith in the righteousness of his path, the campaign workers leaped off their feet in joy. Leaning forward with the mild-mannered charm of a televangelist talking to a camera, yet drawing on the rhythmic cadences of a polished preacher, the Rev. Pat Robertson delivered an ecumenical version of the message...