Word: sound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Newscaster BARBARA WALTERS at Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y.: "This is not only the day when you are most confident, it is also the day when you are most vulnerable. Look at me. I sound like someone who really knew what she wanted and got it. Baloney. When I was graduating from college, I hadn't a clue. You don't have to know now, and you probably shouldn't know exactly now. The next time somebody says, 'And what are you going to do?' try saying, 'I don't know yet.' What a relief. You may not even want...
...matters of fact, Sperber seems considerably more sound. She secured cooperation from Murrow's widow Janet and son Casey, and reflects the family point of view. Yet she does note, albeit very briefly, Murrow's hard drinking, bursts of temper and infidelities, especially his open wartime love affair with Pamela Churchill, the British Prime Minister's daughter-in-law--matters the docudrama deliberately overlooked. Using declassified FBI files, Sperber demonstrates abuses by that agency, the State Department and its Passport Bureau to harass Murrow and suggests their files were leaked to Alcoa, which then withdrew sponsorship of Murrow's trademark...
...women in earshot, he swung into Catfish Blues, a song so lowdown nasty he said "I ain't gon' give you too much." Most of the verses were difficult to understand -- there was something about "belly to belly" and "skin to skin" in the middle there -- but it did sound downright filthy nonetheless. It gave you the feeling you had been caught peeking in a girlie magazine at the local apothecary...
...What may sound even weirder is that, actually, I don't even think that...
...morning of June 5, the chairs, tent, sound and light systems of Tercentenary Theater will stand ready for the 700 dignitaries, 1700 graduating seniors, 3350 graduate students and their 9200 guests, says Elizabeth A. d'Estree, Commencement coordinator in the University Marshall's Office...