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To wander through this room -- or almost any other part of the century-old Grand Prospect Hall at 263 Prospect Avenue in Brooklyn -- is to be transported to a bygone era of dressing up and stepping out, of speak-easies and swank, of a time when the city was filled with spots to Lindy Hop or tango through the dawn of New Year's Day.
As a final hurrah, he even wriggles out of speaking the Kenco slogan at the end.
And yet, Sarkeesian needs security guards whenever she makes public appearances – that's if she's not forced to pull out of speaking engagements due to bomb threats.
Shami Chakrabarti, the director of Liberty, the civil liberties campaign, has pulled out of speaking at the summit because it was launched by Chris Grayling, the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor.
It takes a spine of iron to make a career out of speaking the truth.
I will say that taking the stigma out of speaking up is a massive step in the right direction.
NEW YORK -- MSNBC host Ed Schultz has backed out of speaking at a Florida Democratic fundraiser next month, according to a network spokeswoman.
Jarecki and Smerling canceled a scheduled interview with the Los Angeles Times on Monday morning, and reportedly backed out of speaking with outlets including BuzzFeed and Rolling Stone and appearances on "The Tonight Show" and "All In With Chris Hayes".
She'd pulled out of a speaking gig at Glastonbury the week before because she'd received death threats.
"They're getting dropped because of speaking out.
I have attempted to reserve my thoughts out of fear of speaking out of turn but I cannot censor my heart.
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