Word: speeches
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...word on personal liberties:As citizens of a republic where rights are protected by written constitutions, we enjoy such privileges as freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of association and a right to privacy. At Home, however, no protection of rights exists. The visitor at Home should understand and expect that personal liberties may be curtailed. Freedom to assemble with one's friends, for example, or freedom to express one's opinions about certain divisive issues-particularly in a public forum, including a holiday meal-may be suspended without notice. In most cases, resistance is futile. Visitors should also...
Officials claimed the documents contained "explicit sexual content" which made them "inap-propriate" for an academic setting. In response, Manning filed a federal lawsuit last week claiming that her First Amendment rights to academic freedom and uncensored speech had been violated...
Saundra Graham, a local activist, stormed the podium, disrupting a speech, and spoke for two hours. She led a group of students, neighbors and anti-war activists, demanding that Harvard stop buying and developing land along the Charles River...
...worked for a lawyer under [Republican challenger Wendell L.] Willkie's campaign, before [Franklin D.] Roosevelt's third term. We went all over the country on a campaign train, stopping twice a day for short speeches and at night for one long speech," she says...
...other seven recipients of the Top Eight will be recognized at a banquet in San Antonio, Texas on Jan. 10 where one of the eight winners will be chosen to speak on behalf of the group. Last year's speaker was 1997 Heisman Trophy winner Peyton Manning, whose speech is currently being featured on a national commercial for the NCAA...