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...Denouncing this practice cost Biscet not only his physician’s license and his home, but all claims to liberty. After being released from an initial three-year sentence, Biscet continued to advocate for freedom of speech and the extension of human rights to the Cuban people, creating the Lawton Foundation for Human Rights. After organizing a peaceful meeting at a friend’s house to discuss human rights violations in Cuba, the state police barged in, dragged the men onto the street, and beat them while their spouses and children watched. His perseverant focus on human rights...

Author: By Andrew Velo-arias | Title: A Day For Human Rights | 12/10/2007 | See Source »

...treat Obama like a favorite book; she raved about how much he moved her, and told her friends to check him out. Obama stood by in a black suit and white shirt with no tie, soaking it all in before giving a version of his standard 30-minute stump speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Attention Women of Iowa: Oprah!!! | 12/9/2007 | See Source »

...Though the speech went forward, HIS members criticized the administration’s lukewarm defense of Yasin...

Author: By Nini S. Moorhead, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Soul-Search for Islamic Society | 12/7/2007 | See Source »

...have got to believe that countries can develop themselves.” Currently, only 1 percent of Rwandan students attend university, he said. His organization aims to provide scholarships to disadvantaged students in order to foster a new generation of Rwandan leaders. Farmer and Ellis’ speech was sponsored by the Child Advocacy Program at the Law School...

Author: By Alison E. Schumer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Farmer Discusses Aid Through Local Action | 12/7/2007 | See Source »

...especially unusual for a Republican: cut government spending, cut taxes, be more competitive in the global marketplace. It's just that these sorts of arid managerial charts, the lifeblood of Romney's previous career as a consultant, generally don't fit the crowd-energizing mood of the political stump speech. It's less the "Fired up! Ready to go!" chant made famous in the resurgent Obama campaign than the hushed whisper of an E.F. Hutton TV spot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain's Town Hall Comeback? | 12/7/2007 | See Source »

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