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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cambridge District Court Judge Arthur Sherman yesterday set a date for the jury trial of a protester who disrupted a former contra leader's speech at the Law School last October...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Contra Speech Protester Set for Cambridge Court | 3/5/1988 | See Source »

Amid laughter, Leno continued his acceptance speech with a series of one-liners. Holding the glittering prize high, he quipped, "in that marvellous tradition of Harvard understatement...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Leno Receives Lampy Prize | 3/3/1988 | See Source »

...House Speaker George Keverian (D.-Everett) quelled calls for postponement when he took the podium for a rare floor speech and announced, "I want this bill to pass. I want this week to be one we remember as long as we live--one in which we faced the challenge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Massachusetts House Passes Health Bill In Precedent-Setting Boost for Dukakis | 3/1/1988 | See Source »

Frank has spoken at two rallies supporting the union. In 1984, at a union holiday party, he coined the phrase, "It's not anti-Harvard to be pro-union," in a speech, and gave the union one of its best-known campaign slogans...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: Rep. Frank Endorses Union Organizing Drive | 3/1/1988 | See Source »

...prepared himself one year ago for the opening speech of his presidential campaign, Michael Dukakis was exasperated. In the Boston video studio, his handlers pushed at him. "Let some feeling out, Michael, please," the speech coach urged. Deliberately, the candidate read on. After a while the coach tried a different approach. "Get mad," she said. "Can't you get mad?" Finally Dukakis had had enough. The voters, he declared, would have to take him as he is. "Look, I'm not Mario," he said defensively, referring to New York's demonstrative Governor Cuomo. "This just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Seals Off Emotion | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

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