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...Coretta Scott King gave the Commencement speech. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
David Macaulay, a bestselling author and illustrator, spoke about the process of writing his newly-released book, “The Way We Work,” which portrays human anatomy through vivid drawings of the inside of the body, at a speech at the Brattle Theater on Friday evening. Macaulay said that his own lack of appreciation for his healthy body prompted him to learn more about physiology. “This is one of the most extraordinary things we will encounter,” he said. Macaulay said he hopes that readers would come away from his book...
...story, "Still Singing After All These Years," stated that Coretta Scott King gave the Commencement speech in 1968. In fact, she gave the Class Day address while the Shah of Iran spoke at Commencement...
...after plummeting in morning trading. China was not spared. The CSI 300 index, which tracks both the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges, was down 4.43%. Singapore's main index fell 7.72% amid economic news that the island state has slipped into recession for the first time since 2002. In a speech Friday, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong predicted a continued "rough ride" for Asia. "The world is caught up in a financial storm, and dark clouds fill the immediate horizon," Lee said to a meeting of Indian expatriates in Singapore...
...think perceptions, both in Congress and among your constituents, have changed since you first introduced this issue in 1996? Now when I'm finished with a speech and I'm mingling around - even if the meeting were oil and gas operators in Dallas, Texas - almost always somebody will come up and say, "Hey, keep with it, Pete, I've got a nephew..." Or, "My uncle Billy had this..." In other words, it is more prevalent than you think. Out of almost any crowd somebody will tell you a story about their family. Those kinds of things are always coming...