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...tribute to Harvard when harvard honors the late Filipino patriot. This was in the noblest tradition of American democracy and of academic freedom in its universities. Benigno recognized that the Veritas of John Harvard was not just a commitment to the expanding horizons of knowledge but to upholding the torch and democracy round the world. Benigno Acqaino's years at Harvard will I hope, be looked upon with pride in the annals of a great university. Jagat S. Mehta Tom Slick Professor of World Peace (former Foreign Secretary of the Government of India) The University of Texas
Bill Blass explaining how he does it; Martina Navratilova explaining how she did it; Warren Beatty explaining why he did it; Ben Kingsley explaining that it was important; the cast of Torch Song Trilogy explaining how incredible it is; the cast of M*A*S*H explaining how remarkable it was; Carl Sagan explaining how many there are; Billy Martin explaining it was a mistake; George Steinbrenner explaining it was a misunderstanding; Larry Speakes explaining what was really meant; David Bowie explaining what he is; Mary Cunningham and William Agee explaining everything...
...only from its views, but from its name-which, in the minds of many, seems to imply that only one set of public policies is moral and only one majority can possibly be right." He added, "If the right to express ideas is denied, at some future day the torch can be turned against any other book or any other belief. Let us never forget: today's Moral Majority could become tomorrow's persecuted minority...
...charred, smoking ruins. From Grand River Avenue to Gratiot Avenue six miles to the east, tongues of flame licked at the night sky, illuminating the angular skeletons of gutted homes, shops, supermarkets. Looters danced in the eerie shadows, stripping a store clean, then setting it to the torch...
That evening, about 3500 people, over one-half of the undergraduate population, took to the streets in a torch and candle-light procession that wound its way through campus and Harvard Square. A few hundred students spent the night in front of University Hall, and prevented a number of deans from entering the building the next morning. The protesters later dispersed without incident, and the University eventually reversed its bank-ban decision...