Word: louds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That may be the heart of the problem. Carter has been thinking out loud. Much of his talk is unnecessary, a lot of it ineffective, some of it troublesome. The world is slightly paranoid over word meanings. Bureaucrats and diplomats get exorbitant salaries these days to ponder the depths of "homeland" or "defensible borders." In the torrent of Carter words there are always contradictions for those who want to find them. For others, there is growing boredom...
However, Peter D. Mark '79, a resident of South House, said, "I know I'm getting up at eight o'clock every morning--regardless. The noise is pretty loud...
...three comely stewardesses-Zoya, Lyuba and Ira-who distributed copies of the latest Pravda and served a distinctly unproletarian meal of smoked salmon, red and black caviar, roast beef and white wine from the Crimea. The only inflight problem was noise. Conversation was rendered almost impossible by a loud rushing sound that made the flight seem as though it were taking place in a wind tunnel. Alexei Tupolev, the plane's designer, who was aboard the inaugural run, explained that the noise came from a supercharged ventilation system designed to keep passengers cool despite the above-boiling temperatures...
...used to have trouble in school," Norm says. "I'd hook classes, run around, smoke herb and all that. I didn't known how to approach people with, you know, a big background. Every time I talked to them I came out with a loud-speaking voice." Now Norm says, "I know how to deal with it because people who know--they talk...
Maggi-Meg Reed, in the female lead, is every bit Sellon's match. Reed plays the four women Littlechap uses and hurts most: Evie ("Typically English"), Anya ("Glorious Russian"), Ilsa ("Typische Deutsche"), and Cinnie ("All-American"). With a twist of her scarf, she switches her personality from loud and abrasive to cute and cuddly, and remains fascinating at every turn. Even when she stays on stage during a transition, she never drops out of character. Reed's vocal range and ability to simulate several dialects are also extremely impressive...