Word: speakes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Only recently has it begun to be perceived that for a great many persons the heavy use of alcohol, to the point of repeated intoxication, is less a matter of wrongdoing than of illness. Even more recently physicians have begun to speak of persons who "have alcoholism," much as others might be described as "having tuberculosis." Very much as in the case of automobile accidents, society appears to be verging toward a redefinition of this issue: what has hitherto been seen as a problem of public order is increasingly being defined as one of public health. Nor surprisingly, the relationship...
...scene'?" The mocking wit of the hip intellectual may be worse, he said, for it skirts around honest feelings without admitting their existence. "You find it impossible to tell these cool, sarcastic, smart people that you're unhappy," he said. By the end of freshman year, he could not speak to his roommates. "I refused to wear wire-rimmed glasses, but I became an acidhead." Eventually, he attempted suicide...
...others made it back and started talking. One of them wants to be a psychiatrist, and they all have heavy ideas about people and meanings. Some of them are bitter about Harvard, or about life, but they all speak with reverence about the lush garden of the mind.David K. McCelland...
Shaw admits that he runs erratically. But his times speak for themselves. He has run Harvard's two fastest miles this year. He has perhaps more native speed than Baker and is an explosive runner. The first two races he lost to Baker--against Army and B.U.--were early in the season, and Baker is quick to point out that his teammate has progressed more than himself strength-wise since the beginning of the season...
...Vietnam, the United States still retains its strong position in the provincial capitals of Mau Can, Can Tho and Tho Whut. Even as I speak to you tonight, valiant American men are battling to regain the green beret encampment near...