Word: speech
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...signatory for a Socialist Club that needed three names on a petition in order to become a club," del Solar says. "I signed in the name of free speech. I never even went to any meetings. But today I still can't get security clearance as a result...
...Solar now runs a radio station in California which he describes as "a forum for maintaining free speech." He also studies the effectiveness of migrant education programs and has worked as a reporter in Central America...
...last year, President Bok has led a remarkable effort to take the initiative for educational reform away from such critics. Last July, in a speech delivered before a national conference of more than 500 educators, Bok called for a new partnership between universities, government and industry...
...speech marked a turning point in how higher education viewed its roles in society. He expressed a growing determination among universities to become involved as institutions in solving the nation's problems. Under his plan, Bok would use universities' expertise and resources to rebuild American economic competitiveness, foster equal opportunity for minorities, improve the quality of life and strengthen moral standards...
Barrington Moore [a social scholar known for his classic work, The Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy]... gave a speech which changed my life. He said protest was nice, but, let's face it, it's not going to accomplish what we need to accomplish. America was a `bastion of reaction the world over...