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Thernstrom's insensitivity does not really involve freedom of speech. It lies with his delivery and approach of the material. As long as he has the right to speak his mind, we have the right to criticize, particularly in racial issues where some ignorance of minority life may be the root of controversy. But if freedom of speech is Thernstrom's defense (letter to the editors, February 10, 1988), that, too, can be questioned...
THUS, the question becomes, "Does the right to speak include the right to threaten?" For example, by voluntarily listening to a speaker who says that Blacks are inferior, a white audience legitimizes that statement to themselves as an acceptable way of thinking--one detrimental to Black existence...
...adorable" he was. She was most taken, however, by his rapid improvement. "I came home and told my husband that Brian would be a world champion," says Leaver. "It just took a little longer than I thought." After 16 years of working together, Leaver and Boitano hardly need to speak. They simply sense. "It's kind of like one person split in half," he says...
...courses last semester at the University of Colorado. "I'm used to a suicidal load, calculus, chemistry and stuff -- I whale on it. I took German here just for fun, and I've had a blast." Of course, her study of German is not entirely ! idle. "I want to speak a little of it to Katarina. She's all right, I like her. I can't exactly say we're friends, but we've been able to sign each other's programs. 'Good luck. May the best...
...quite an experience to be in an Olympic Village," Albright said. "In sport you find a way to communicate with people who don't speak your language. We saw people who came from behind the Iron Curtain, and we shared a lot of the same interests. That really impressed...