Word: speeches
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Reaction. In the U.S. the repercussions came fast. The National Catholic Welfare Conference in Washington, D.C. explained that the Pope's speech was not "a newly arrived at position . . . The common view of theologians holds that the act of the judge in pronouncing a divorce is merely an official declaration that the state regards the civil effects of the marriage as no longer existing. Since this declaration is in itself a morally indifferent action, it can be permitted, at least in certain circumstances...
...crowd also saw three mop-haired reserve players growl at the microphone, watched Hugh Shepley '51 juggle, yelled for a speech from Duke Sedgwick's female cousin, and cheered the varsity at two rally sites--first Soldiers Field and then the Kirkland-Eliot-Winthrop triangle...
...Government did. Dr. Warren was convicted last April by a federal jury in Wichita and sentenced to two years in prison. He appealed, arguing that he had acted within the freedom of speech and religion guaranties of the Bill of Rights...
...Where in 1860 Presidential Aspirant Abraham Lincoln delivered the speech (on slavery) which is credited with having cinched the Republican nomination...
...unpredictable. On one of her rare appearances without the company, she told Helpmann she would positively not make a speech at the supper given in her honor after a command performance in Copenhagen. After Helpmann had tactfully told the guests that "Miss Fonteyn is too moved to speak," she stood up and talked for six minutes. She loves to jitterbug. Helpmann says that after dancing with her in ballet for 14 years, he only really got to know her after jitterbugging with her until dawn one time last year...