Word: speak
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...main reasons: 1) I would not collaborate with the State Un-American Activities Committee, but resisted what I considered to be their improper drive against the foundation of our democracy-civil rights ... 2) as a citizen and social psychologist I have exercised my right to petition, meet, speak, and join with organizations having legitimate aims I support; and I have been undistracted by their being called "Communist fronts" by those who oppose . . . such organizations as Consumer's Union, Spanish Refugee Appeal, and the Progressive Party. Hardly a "penalty for secrecy...
...outside world was not afraid to speak. All over Italy, Catholic Action organized protest meetings; in Milan, 5,000 Catholics fought bitterly with Communist strong-arm squads which tried to break up their meeting. In Italy's National Assembly, Interior Minister Mario Scelba announced that the government had sent a message of "fraternal solidarity" to Hungarian Catholics. Communist deputies screamed defiance...
loannidies was in charge of security arrangements. When he appeared, Zachariades was carried to the speaker's stand on the shoulders of a group of young Communists, picked by Uncle John. The loudspeaker, which had been blaring Communist slogans, fell silent. Tensely, the crowd waited for Zachariades to speak the ringing words that would reveal the road to destiny. But another voice came over the loudspeaker. Said Uncle John: "Comrade Zachariades has lost his wallet since entering the stadium. If anyone finds it, please bring it here." Uncle John was never able to lay hands on the wallet...
Harvey Greenfield 2L will speak on the subject "Behind the Scenes of a Broadway Production" at 8 p.m. tonight at Hillel House, 5 Bryant st. He will outline the progress of a play...
...trouble is, says Korzybski, that men too often get the steps of this process mixed up. They speak before observing, then react to their own. verbalization as if it were the fact itself. They confuse what is "inside-the-skin" with external reality. They say "the leaf is green," without realizing that the greenness is within them...