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...agreement that students, soldiers or prisoners should be granted even the most basic rights of free press of free speech. Of these groups that society excludes from the blanket of free expression, the largest and most important is students [...] [who are] frequently are forbidden to voice even mild criticism of school officials or policies. In civics classes they learn of America’s heritage of freedom of expression, but in journalism classes they discover that this freedom rings hollow in the schools...
Stepping into her new role, Faust quickly charmed the faculty with her mild-mannered presence, her gentle quips, and her thoughtful demeanor...
...After being read the riot act by the Dean, I asked in the most mild and friendly way what he would do,” Robbins said. “He said without missing a beat, ‘I’d go ahead and run the protest...
Europe, in particular, has faced difficulties this year. Caught in the rising tide of anti-Muslim hysteria—a product of a dysfunctional immigration system and a chronic failure to assimilate new immigrants—normally mild-mannered Switzerland passed a measure banning minarets, a law we passionately decried. We feel that this legislation is discriminatory against an embattled minority and only further alienates, and thus radicalizes, European Muslims...
...Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” has embraced the chance to change roles. Instead of resurrecting his character from “Sarah Marshall”—a silly, slightly manic waiter—Hill went back to the drawing board for the mild-mannered Aaron Green...