Word: speech
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Besides Dukakis' speech, SLIC also put on two panel discussions; one examined citizen involvement in the city and the other looked at the relationship between the press and city government...
Many who attended Dukakis' talk complained that it sounded like a campaign speech. "He did a lot of patting himself on the back," said one Kennedy School official who participated in the conference, which was sponsored by the Kennedy School's State, Local and Intergovernmental Center (SLIC...
Critics said yesterday that in his speech Reagan downplayed what they believe to be his true motive in the deal: to secure the release of three U.S. hostages previously held in Lebanon...
Assistant Professor of Government Henry E. Brady said Reagan's speech had the immediate effect of calming public opinion. "But, there are still many unanswered questions," he said...
...claims that "liberal Jewish McCarthyites" plot to supress his views, which are anti-democratic and, many believe, racist. For his visit to Cambridge, therefore, Kahane sought to manufacture local villains. And although he was unsuccessful in getting Harvard or Hillel, the Jewish student center, to oblige by suppressing his speech, Kahane used the material at hand to unleash his standard litany of accusations and threats. The Crimson found his claims newsworthy and gave them its most prominent coverage in its November 4th issue...