Word: speaker
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President Clinton will be the featured speaker at MIT's graduation ceremonies this June, one day after former Irish President Mary Robinson addresses Harvard's seniors...
...speaker also addressed the role of the Internet as a forum for finding pornographic material...
...particularly tough week to be Newt Gingrich. First his defense of Joe Camel turned into the stick with which the White House has been gleefully beating him since Monday. Today he was forced to back down on campaign finance reform. The Speaker wanted to prevent a House vote on comprehensive campaign finance legislation, but as Democrats came within the 14 signatures needed to secure a floor vote by petition, Gingrich conceded, offering to allow a floor vote. "Gingrich read the writing on the wall," says TIME congressional correspondent Jay Carney. "It looked very much like he was going to lose...
...Government won?t break the back of Joe Camel -- not while Newt Gingrich warms the Speaker?s seat, anyway. And that?s good news for the White House, says TIME correspondent Jay Branegan. ?A few weeks ago, Gingrich was vowing to fight hard against Big Tobacco; now he?s back on their side,? says Branegan. ?The White House see this flip-flop as evidence that the Republicans are in the pocket of Big Tobacco, and they?re really pleased...
...foregone conclusion," a senior Republican says of Newt's departure. "Now I'm not so sure." Neither is Gingrich. Much like Clinton, he is beginning to worry about his legacy. Sources close to Gingrich say he hates the idea that he might be remembered as the disgraced Speaker who quit to run a losing presidential campaign. Or one who was distracted by personal ambition just as the Republicans' slim House majority went on the line in this November's election. He would much rather be recalled as the "transformational leader" (his words) who ushered in that majority for a generation...