Word: mutes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...systems which have got in the way of human expression." Not a word from Terkel, wondering whether those systems are not perhaps products of human expression. On the evidence of Talking to Myself, Terkel has rarely sought out people who actually run things. An indefatigable romantic, he prefers the "mute, inglorious Miltons" among the underdogs: the Welsh miner with a taste for the impressionists, the Cockney waitress with a Bruegel print on her wall, the Swedish miner who quotes Gibbon. Terkel is moved by what he takes to be the oppression of such people. As he presents them, though, they...
...first act belongs entirely to the president's wife, played by Lizellen LaFollette. In fact, she speaks almost every line in the act, addressing either a mute servant or the bed once occupied by her puppy while trying to ignore the offstage laughter of the president and his masseur, who, we are told, spend their time telling each other jokes. LaFollette makes a Noble stab at rescuing the show, but her obvious talent is wasted. No one can deliver lines like "proceeds from the benefit will go to the Mongolian idiots" and look good. The President's wife does...
Meanwhile, the gathering momentum of protest against human rights violations in Eastern Europe was meeting relentless government opposition. In Prague, along with continuing attacks on dissidents, authorities intimidated Western newsmen in an effort to mute news of widespread dissident activity. Correspondents Paul Hofmann of the New York Times and Walter Kratzer of the West German magazine...
Before he retired, Hoy married a deaf mute named Anna Maria, who taught at a school for the deaf in Cincinnati. His teammates were intrigued by the couple's unusual doorbell. The caller pulled a knob which released a lead ball on the floor. The Hoys heard the vibrations through their feet and knew someone was at the door...
...example, a female speaker designated "Mouth" commits an extended monologue on the shock she felt when she found herself talking out loud after a mute childhood. She speaks in short, half-connected bursts, yet Beckett's stingy way with words captures her existence fully:"... parents unknown ... unheard of... he having vanished ... thin air ... no sooner buttoned up his breeches... she similarly... eight months later ... almost to the tick ... so no love ... spared that ... no love such as normally vented on the ... speechless infant..." In a phrase as simple as "spared that," Beckett blends savage humor and poignancy...