Word: speech
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Suddenly everything crystallized. What his speech told us was that Tocsin's politics of amiable persuasion were not enough. The effort of changing their minds by proving how well-read we were was valiant but fruitless. I resigned as chair of Tocsin soon thereafter. I knew that I had to do something else, though I didn't quite know what...
...speech this fall at the Kennedy School of Government, which, University Marshal Hunt notes, favorably impressed those involved in selecting the Commencement speaker, Arias made a direct connection between Costa Rica's unique history and his efforts on behalf of peace...
...come from a small country that was not afraid to abolish its army to become stronger. In my country there is not one tank, not one cannon and not one warship or helicopter gunship. We love democracy and respect the law," Arias said in that speech...
...Arias plan aims, as he said in his K-School speech, to foster "reconciliation wherever brothers are killing each other." The plan asks foreign powers to stop using military influence in the region and calls on the signers to refrain from using their countries as springboards for aggression against their neighbors. The plan also calls signatory nations to make an effort to democratize their countries...
Bossert did not address the issues discussed by the other panelists, saying he considered the issues of divestment and support staff unionization "less relevant" than the issues such as the falsification of research data, the interruption of free speech and student agitation about faculty hiring...