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Student Protests Force A String Of Commencement Speaker Shake-ups

Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, has bowed out as the commencement speaker at Smith College. Her withdrawal, a response to student protests, is just the latest high-profile commencement speech dropout.

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