Word: speech
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard Law School officials yesterday cancelled a speech at the Law School by former contra leader Adolfo Calero after a protester not affiliated with the University tried to attack the speaker...
...Calero stepped forward to deliver his speech, Joshua Laub, a Tufts senior, rushed to the front of the room and leapt onto the podium. Harvard University police pulled Laub, screaming epithets, to the ground and handcuffed him after a brief struggle...
...speech, which was originally scheduled to be held in Austin Hall's Ames Courtroom, was delayed by a half-hour after Law School officials received a telephoned bomb threat. Police decided to move the audience of about 350 to Langdell Hall...
While police and members of the Law School Republican Club--which sponsored the speech--carefully searched bags and coats and checked identification cards at the entrance to Austin, members of the club said that security was not as tight at Langdell...
About 20 members of La Alianza, an organizationof Latino Law School students, who obtainedtickets had planned a peaceful protest inside thehall with the permission of Law School Dean ofStudents Sarah Wald. Had the speech proceeded, thestudents were permitted to hold placards and standwith their backs towards Calero...