Word: speake
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Pakistan in 1947 would be sent to Cyprus to work on "the framework of a new liberal constitution." Then Eden set about fencing in Radcliffe's area of maneuver. Radcliffe may confer and chat with British officials on Cyprus and "any others who may wish to speak to him," said Eden, in fact with anyone except the man who mattered most, the exiled Greek Cypriot leader Archbishop Makarios. "If the Archbishop were to take action to denounce the terrorism," Eden conceded, "a new situation would be created." And in any event, no new Radcliffe constitution could go into effect...
...ornate galleries of the Lords Chamber, usually deserted while bores speak to empty seats, were tight-packed with peeresses, dazzling in their fashionable plumage. "Backwoodsmen," who had not taken their seats for an age, limped and hobbled up from the counties to plug in hearing aids and listen to the arguments. Around the steps of the throne, there was a tight gaggle of elder sons who share with members of the Privy Council the right to squat there during sessions...
Bangalore Kuppuswamy, professor and head of the Department of Psychology at the University of Mysore, will discuss the first topic. Jean Paris, poet, essayist, and translator, and Guy H. d'Arvisenet, head of the Research and Documentation Department of the European Coal and Steel Community, will speak on the second topic. The public is invited...
Samuel H. Beer, Professor of Government, will open the 1956 Summer Lecture Series at 3:00 this afternoon, speaking on the topic, Liberalism and the Democratic Party. Like all subsequent events on the lecture schedule, today's talk will be open to the public and free of charge. The next lecture is set for July 19, when Robert G. McCloskey associate professor of Government will speak on The Republican Outlook...
...main difficulty that Watson has, and that several others in the cast share with him, is an inability to conquer Shakespeare's lines and to speak them naturally. The audience in Sanders can always hear Watson and almost always understand him. Through his sincere and intelligent performance, it can accept him as Henry V. But somehow it can never forget that he is up there reciting lines that are not Henry's but Shakespeare's--and often reciting them in a regrettable sing-song voice at that. Some of the other actors are more successful with their words. Thayer David...