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terr.

American  

abbreviation

  1. terrace.

  2. territorial.

  3. territory.


terr. British  

abbreviation

  1. terrace

  2. territory

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Aaron Terr, director of public advocacy at the civil liberties group Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, warned about the potential chilling effect of recent postponements and cancellations in an October interview with the New York Times.

From Los Angeles Times

“It enables the heckler’s veto,” Terr said, “where people are able to shut down speakers just by threatening to create a disturbance.”

From Los Angeles Times

Aaron Terr, director of public advocacy for the nonprofit Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression in Philadelphia, said the legislature has the authority to set rules of procedure and decorum, and those rules should be enforced “fairly and evenly, and not used as a pretext to punish members based on their views.”

From Washington Post

“If these protections are so weak that a university can easily get rid of faculty for illegitimate reasons, such as objections to their views or research, that defeats the purpose of tenure,” Mr. Terr said in an email.

From Washington Times

Aaron Terr, a campus rights advocate at the nonpartisan Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, said the WVU proposal would weaken such protections.

From Washington Times