Word: speak
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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During her stay in Nassau, Miss Mehrtens found out, too, that Mrs. Marquand had once applied for a job as a TIME Inc. researcher. "I said I could speak five languages and I thought they would snap me up," she told Miss Mehrtens, "but just about the time they were getting around to thinking about it I got married...
When it came his turn to speak, Belgium's Premier Paul-Henri Spaak told the comrades off. The Red hecklers, he said, were typical of the small pro-Soviet minority in Europe who, blindly obedient to a "foreign power," always tried to drown out the voice of the majority. The crowd roared approval...
Cooper Union's official catalogue-comment avoided larger conclusions about the whole thing: "It seems safe to let the cat, as he is represented in the present display, speak for himself; safe, or at least the part of wisdom...
...trustees played safe by canceling Negro Graham's invitation to speak. According to one board member, there were rumors that some of the wealthier church members might withdraw their financial support if Graham appeared in the pulpit. "The only issue confronting the Miami Shores Community Church," said the board member, "is whether it can afford to have a minister who has caused a serious division in its membership...
...both teas, each of the six girls running for president of Student Government will speak...