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Nader's relatively long stump speech--far longer than the one given last fall by Bill Bradley in the same auditorium--was warmly received by the audience...
Mixing new rhetoric about Republican economic values into his standard stump speech, Gore cast his opponent's plan in extreme terms, saying Bush's tax cut would either erase the federal budget surplus or take money away from needed social programs...
Outside his home, DeVore has created his own version of the 100 Acre Wood. Two years ago, he converted the stump of an old maple tree near his house on Hurlbut St. into a home for Winnie the Pooh...
...Race is one of the fundamental elements of my campaign. . . . It is who I am, it's what I live," he has said. In nearly every stump speech, Bradley says he has a deep commitment in furthering racial unity, which has been present since his days as a professional basketball player. As President, Bradley says he would sign an executive order ending racial profiling. He says he would work hard to maintain and expand affirmative action programs. And he says he would hold his staff accountable for their own commitment to racial justice...
...Brien will offer a fresh perspective to the usually serious Class Day keynote speech. Instead of the tried-and-true politician giving a tailored version of their usual stump speech, O'Brien can offer witty insights into the fact that--gasp--there is real life outside the wrought iron gates and red brick of Harvard. His own experience as a comedy writer in the competitive entertainment industry will perhaps encourage seniors hoping to be successful in Hollywood or any other cutthroat industry. As a fairly recent Harvard graduate, O'Brien has a unique position of being able to speak about...