Word: speeches
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...court's decision ought to be repugnant to anyone--pro-life or pro-choice--who believes in the validity of the First Amendment. "If we believe in free speech at all, we must limit responsibility to those who commit the acts of violence rather than lay blame on the makers of a Web site that appears to advocate them. Otherwise, any unpopular speech will be subject to oppression," asserts Suzanna Sherry, professor of civil rights and civil liberties law at the University of Minnesota, who is also avidly pro-choice...
Flynn will join former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich, speaking on "A Social Model for the New Millennium--European or American" in a speech cosponsored by the Center for European Studies, the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Law School and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs...
Consequently, my `politically correct' instinctual response--my disapproval of characters such as the one with a speech impediment--began to recede. For I saw that the Pudding's humor is truly all-pervasive. They make fun of everyone, for everything; and it is so "over-the-top" that it almost becomes politically correct in its political incorrectness...
...racial views of the C.C.C. are repugnant to me, and I would never have spoken to the group had I known beforehand of its stand. It is absurd and irresponsible for anyone to suggest that one speech--during which I discussed only the impeachment process, as I was asked to do--implies that I in any way share or support the group's view. As the record shows...
...show follows on ABC), is based on the British TV parlor game that made its debut in 1988. Performers are given characters to play, songs to devise, scenes to act out--all, we are told, instantly ad lib. A skit with a Zorro theme required that each actor's speech begin with consecutive letters of the alphabet. Series regular Ryan Stiles got the letter X. No problem: "Xavier Cugat once said...