Word: speakes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...young urban terrorist, in Europe at least, claims to speak for the working class. In fact his background is most often middle or upper middle class, and the common man is as frightened of his methods as is the millionaire. Franco Ferracuti, a forensic psychiatrist at Rome University, interviewed several members of Italy's notorious Red Brigade. He found that most of them came from well-to-do, churchgoing families and had attended universities, majoring in the social sciences. All had witnessed, and many had participated in, the Europe-wide May revolution of students in 1968; the Red Brigade terrorists...
...government burned the few remaining bridges between itself and the resentful black community. After last week's brutal reminder that white force is never far from the surface, however, most blacks will think twice before considering the option of guerrilla warfare. As for white moderates, the parties that speak for them may increase their protest vote in next month's parliamentary elections, but there is no chance that they can defeat the Nationals...
What exactly is it that makes businessmen so apprehensive about Carter? Many executives are far from clear in expressing their doubts. They speak generally of confusion, indecision and a lack of leadership-a view hardly consistent with their assertion that the President is trying to do too much, too soon. But corporate leaders do identify five specific concerns, all of which reinforce in their minds the picture of a President who does not appear to understand the needs of the modern U.S. economy...
After high school, the young comic did an existential somersault. He enrolled in Long Beach State and studied philosophy "like crazy." He recalls: "I got to a point where I could no longer speak." When after three years he began reading Ludwig Wittgenstein, who declared that if philosophical problems are solved, "little is achieved," Martin dropped back into show business. But he still likes to ponder philosophical problems. "I know all the important ethical questions," he tells audiences, "like is it O.K. to yell movie in a crowded firehouse...
Stutterers speak well of the new organization. Says John Albach, clerk at a San Mateo bookstore: "I've been much more fluent since I joined the project. To become part of a national group, it's just very self-enhancing." Still, the ridicule goes on. A few days ago, Albach began stammering while quoting the price of a book; to the customers, it sounded as if it cost hundreds of dollars. "These kids had a good time laughing and mimicking me," says Albach. "Afterwards you think of all the things you could have said, but then...