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...Boylston Auditorium who threw glass and red paint at the speakers violated the central tenet of academic discourse, the free expression of all sides of an argument. On a matter as emotional and divisive as U.S. policy in Centra America there is simply no room for such attempts to squelch opposing viewpoints...
...that is the root of totalitarianism. As Harvard approaches its 350th anniversary, I feel that it is time that the members of the Harvard community unite against such attacks on the free exchange of ideas. We must not bow down to the tyranny of radical minorities who seek to squelch opposition, for it is only a short step from "No free speech for the Contras" to "No free speech for anyone." Ronald J. Granieri...
...upsurge in killings may be the first in a new series of violent confrontations in the embattled country. Black activist groups were planning a meeting in Durban last weekend that could result in renewed boycotts of schools. In an effort to squelch future civil disobedience, Minister of Law and Order Louis Le Grange declared that, as of April 1, all such meetings would be forbidden under the Internal Security...
...American publisher, naturally, has admitted rejecting Amis on the basis of suspected misogyny. But if a few zealous feminists in positions of editorial power did try to squelch Stanley and the Women, they chiefly succeeded in shoring up an old truth: ideologues, of whatever persuasion, make lousy readers of fiction. They want useful truths, whereas good novels offer unbridled and possibly subversive speculations. Amis has excelled at rattling preconceptions ever since the appearance of his classically comic first novel, Lucky Jim, three decades ago. This time out he is near the top of his offensive, infuriating, intolerable and utterly hilarious...
...aides have sought to portray Helms as the "High Priest" of a neo-rightist cabal headed by figures such as Nelson Bunker Hunt, Phyllis Schlafly, and Jerry Falwell. Hunt himself recently claimed that if Helms wins he and his "nationwide network of right-wing extremists" will swifltly move to squelch their enemies...