Word: speaker
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...attention. It shows a group of Amazonian Indians arranged in a circle around a standing figure, who seems to have his audience enraptured. The spectator recognizes the name of the tribe captured in the picture: the Machiguengas. He is also convinced he knows the identity of the mysterious speaker. It must be Saul Zuratas, a close friend when both were university students in Lima during the mid-1950s. But how can that possibly...
...most obvious of these is the $500 million deficit in the state budget, which many have blamed on the Democratic leadership, led by Gov. Michael S. Dukakis and House Speaker George Keverian '53 (D-Everett...
Barrett says if Weld is elected governor, Cambridge voters will be curious to watch him work with Charles F. Flaherty (D-Cambridge), who will probably replace Keverian as House speaker next year...
Most would agree that the answer is "Yes." In certain instances, it is clearly inappropriate for Harvard to accommodate every possible viewpoint. Possible examples are when a speaker professes racial hatred, when the premise of the discussion is unfounded or irrelevant, or when the sponsors of the debate want to hold it at Harvard to lend credibility to their own political agenda, not to enlighten or instruct...
...Noam Chomsky, another key speaker. Renowned in the academic world for his work in linguistics, Chomsky is also known for anti-Zionism bordering on anti-Semitism. Chomsky loudly defends the rights of those Palestinians living within Israeli-controlled borders, although he seems less concerned with the plight of the 60 percent of Palestinians who live under the brutal rule of Jordan's King Hussein. Chomsky has long denied the right of Israel to exist. Should this person's enthusiasm for linking Israel and South Africa be regarded as a legitimate academic pursuit...