Word: speaker
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...other academics with the hope that there will be an exchange of ideas so that our ideas here can be of help to those actually on the ground in India," said I. Julia Leslie, a professor at the London University School of Oriental and African Studies and a speaker at the conference...
Powell did not turn down an offer to be Harvard's Class Day speaker in 1993, a decision which touched off waves of controversy among liberal student groups opposed to the military's "Don't Ask. Don't Tell" policy towards homosexuality...
...next speaker at the Saturday School series is Johnnie L. Cochran, lead counsel for the O.J. Simpson defense team, who will give a talk...
Still, most Republicans who might have been offended by Powell's opinions remain complimentary. Words of praise came last week from Jack Kemp and William Kristol. Even House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who is toying with the idea of entering the race, says that Powell could be a strong contender in the Republican primaries because of his standing as a war hero, an economic conservative and a person with strong family values. Says Gingrich: "I don't think a social moderate will necessarily lose the Republican primaries. [Powell] could put together a very interesting coalition...
Hours before the welfare vote, House Speaker Newt Gingrich proposed ending the federal entitlement status of Medicaid, the program that provides comprehensive health insurance for 36 million low-income Americans. At a New York press conference, Gingrich proposed funding Medicaid through block grants and insisted the plan would "deliver better care with better services at less cost." Unlike its higher-end cousin, Medicare, Medicaid already depends on vast state involvement, and the bill would likely fail without governors' support. "No one in Washington suggests block-granting Medicare," says TIME's Tumulty. "It would scare to many powerful constituencies. Medicaid...