Word: reads
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this playpen of the penthouse proletariat." Never one for subtlety, James J. Kilpatrick says he "sees no reason on God's green earth for taking the taxpayer's money in order to nuture those happy hotdogs of the intellectual left who would love to get on the air and read their gaga poems at public expense." The commission characterizes public broadcasting as an "absolutely indespensable tool for our people and our democracy," adding the United States should be willing to spend five dollars a year per person to finance a system equivalent to the British Broadcasting Company or Japan...
...then, most delegations were fed up by the conference organizers, who in a thousand small ways demonstrated their inability to run the conference efficiently. About 30 minutes before the conference was scheduled to break up, one of Harvard's organizers read a plan for an organization to ensure that conference decisions got translated into action, and that delegates continued to exchange information. The organization was also intended to run next year's conference...
...mean, wow, it is really so demoralizing," another woman added. "I read a list somewhere three feet long of people who owed over $5,000 in taxes. The thing has just pervaded the whole structure," she said, adding "It's a wonder anyone in the political arena can keep their integrity...
Fortunately, Ice Castles is one of those movies that play a lot better than they read in outline. Obviously the people responsible for this movie are fully aware of all the conventions governing stories about the rise, fall and eventual triumph of stars of sports and show biz (and figure skating is, of course, an intriguing blend of both disciplines). But the film makers do not abuse these conventions, which are for the most part understated, glanced off. The emphasis is on believable performance. In the leading role, Lynn-Holly Johnson, 19, formerly with the Ice Capades troupe, is more...
Many of her letters dealt with her unwavering Catholic faith, and on this subject she did not joke. She read theology voraciously, not to test her own belief but to judge the theologians...