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| | The First Freedom |
 | | We have fought wars to defend freedom --- indeed, the current operation in Afghanistan is code-named ``Enduring Freedom.'' And yet, in times of stress or danger, freedom itself comes under attack, often by people waving freedom as a banner. |
 | | Unions have fought for the freedom of speech and of the press, the right to associate and form associations, the right to petition, to demonstrate, and to vote. |
 | | Some of us are hired by institutions with academic freedom policies, but all of us are protected by the notion that curiousity is a good thing --- for ourselves and for society --- and that the pursuit of where our curiousity leads us is a right. |
| web.usf.edu /~uff/AlArian/IssuesFreedom.html (900 words) |
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