Word: speaker
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...ever-eloquent Professor Cornel West, kick-off speaker for the week's events, summed up the concept in his speech to an audience of about a hundred students in Harvard Hall Monday evening...
West was the keynote speaker for Democracy Teach-In, a week-long extravaganza of speakers, discussions, panels, movies and cultural events. Harvard is one of about 110 college campuses participating in Democracy Teach-In this week...
...Paxon has taken his ambition to the national level. In 1994, he worked closely with Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich to realize the historic Republican takeover of the House. But last year, in perhaps Paxon's most eventful year, he seemed poised to challenge both Gingrich and Majority Leader Dick Armey for their positions. While Paxon's most recent connivances have come to no avail, he has somehow emerged from the controversy with a surprisingly positive public image...
...taken less than $21,000 in compensation, called on 3,000 ministers to donate $1,000 each to his group. If they decline, staff members will soon have to find ways to support themselves while running the organization as volunteers. McCartney will continue with his job as a motivational speaker for a Denver water-bed company...
Paxon had long been contemplating a move up, not out. As of early February he had decided to challenge Gingrich's No. 2, majority leader Dick Armey; a victory would have made Paxon the Speaker apparent. But late on Feb. 20, as he sat at home with his 21-month-old daughter and dialed potential supporters, Paxon lost his will. Whether he realized that running would be very hard on his family, as he said later, or saw that his race against Armey would be nasty and not necessarily successful, he wanted none of it. The next day, his face...