Word: speech
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...impassioned speech from the steps of Mass. Hall, a representative of the outlawed African Nations Congress (A.N.C.) urged Sunday's crowd to continue the pressure for Harvard to divest...
...Kennedy School speech, Fahrenkopf referred to the opportunity the Reagan administration has given a select few Republican women--Sandra Day O'Connor, Jeane Kirkpatrick, and Elizabeth Dole--to serve in public office. What he failed to mention was that his "party of the future" would be infringing on the rights of millions of women by turning the calendar back on the abortion ruling...
...University places special emphasis, as well, upon...freedom of speech and academic freedom, freedom from personal force and violence, and freedom of movement. Interference with any of these freedoms must be regarded as a serious violation of the personal rights upon which the community is based...
...stands, I believe the CRR violates students' rights as members of the University and of this country. I hope that during my tour years at the College, I never unknowingly signed away my rights to free speech and protest. The protection of rights of expression is fundamental to the functioning of any place of learning. I believe that the CRR should become an active body with power equal to that of the Ad Board and that its functions should reach beyond those indicated in the Resolution. For example, it should try all cases of harassment--peer, political, racial religious...
...indecisive 13-month reign, Gromyko has been widely viewed as the foremost member of the Kremlin's Old Guard. His personal power reached an apogee last March when, it is believed, he played a principal role in winning the party leadership for Gorbachev. Gromyko nominated Gorbachev in an impassioned speech to the Politburo (subsequently published) that was seemingly designed to overcome resistance to the choice among some other members of the Kremlin gerontocracy. Last week it appeared that Gorbachev had repaid his debt to Gromyko. But at the same time Gorbachev removed a potential source of opposition to any future...