Well we are now ready for the reason you've actually come here which is to unveil the portrait and to see how well it does capture the man and then the Bar mitzvah boy himself gets to speak and before we reveal the portrait I just want to offer my profoundest thanks on behalf of all the clerks to the …
Thank you, dear friends. I'm honored by your presence and grateful to Dr. Pauliakoff and his colleagues for the great work that they do to make American liberal education truly liberal and truly an expression of the best of the Western tradition. It is especially gratifying to be in the presence tonight of several of my heroes in the academic …
I'll rise. Oye, oye, oye, the judges of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut Sitting in Ceremonial Session, the Honorable Elvin W. Thompson, Chief Judge, presiding. All persons have in business before this session of United States District Court for the District of Connecticut Drawn Year. Give your attention and you shall be heard. God save …