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...makeshift podium of two wooden crates, Nancy U. Murray ’67, who directs the ACLU’s Bill of Rights Education Project, said the Patriot Act enabled government agents to undertake extreme action without legitimate cause...
Only slightly taller than the podium she spoke from and wearing a straw hat with a feather stuck in it, Haddock delivered a fiery speech at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum last night on the need for more Americans, especially young working women, to vote...
...tell us about Hispanic Muslims?"). "For too long," Stewart said, "the TV news industry has sacrificed its integrity for cheap entertainment value, yet has gone unrecognized on Emmy night." Later, he gave the night's the best acceptance speech line, winning for comedy writing and taking the podium with his all white-male writers: "I feel that diversity is the most important element in a writing staff...
Holding Howard Dean signs and hardbound copies of Krugman’s books, fans scrambled for seats, trying to squeeze between the crowded aisles. Many stood in the back of the room fanning themselves with sheets of paper. When a woman finally announced from the podium, “We’ll be starting in five minutes,” the audience cheered ecstatically...
Gomes turned the podium over to Kirby, who had initially invited the Dalai Lama in his former capacity as head of the Asia Center. Kirby called the Tibetan monk a “scholar and teacher who has received tenure in realms far beyond our control...