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Striding to the rostrum of Cairo University's Celebration Hall, Nasser faced 1,750 delegates attending the first session of the National Congress of Popular Forces, which will write a new charter for Egypt. Then the President smiled serenely, swung into a five-hour address that ended at midnight. Highlights: the country's long exploited fellahin should get political representation; nationalization of basic industries will continue; a vast social welfare program will aim at improving the lot of Egypt's downtrodden millions. "Social freedom." declared Nasser, repeating a favorite theme, "is the only door to political freedom...
Deacon Mushrat is the first of these memorable figures, a Godsymp if there ever was one. "It should be brought out at this point," he intones at us in his mock Gothic script, nose and pince nex dabbling the air above the rostrum, "that the right handed person is correct, natural, and beloved by Providence." The tone deepens and the face frowns, nose still dabbling at the suspect air. "It has occurred to some of us who keep our eyes open that there are entirely too many left handed people worming their way into positions of power. According to reliable...
...Laird Bell '04, then President of the Alumni Association and the man responsible for inviting Marshall to speak at Harvard, "the Secretary of State determined to go all out for what has become known as the Marshall Plan, and a speech was prepared accordingly. The question was then the rostrum from which it should be delivered. Two or three suggestions were made, and then the Secretary remembered that he had been invited to receive a Harvard degree and that seemed a highly suitable occasion. He therefore indicated that he would like to accept and of course was welcome...
...afternoon Alumni Association meeting: the national Anthem, the Alumni President talk, an address by the Governor, two scheduled addresses, and the Psalm. Then Republican Governor Robert F. Bradford of Massachusetts rose and announced, "Ladies and Gentlemen--the Secretary of State." an appreciative ovation, Marshall stepped to the rostrum...
...spoke, his voice was hard. His hands kept clenching and unclenching; he thumped on the rostrum for emphasis and pointed his forefinger at his audience. He accused the steelmen of "irresponsible defiance of the public interest" and "ruthless disregard of their public responsibilities." There was, he insisted, "no justification for an increase in steel prices." Under the free-enterprise system, he conceded, wage and price decisions "ought to be freely and privately made. But the American people have a right to expect, in return for that freedom, a higher sense of business responsibility for the welfare of their country than...