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Word: speakes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...confident Jimmy Carter was speaking last week at a press conference in Washington, but his words were carrying 5,000 miles to an attentive audience in the Kremlin. "It is very important that the strength of the presidency itself be recognized as deriving from the people of this nation," he said. "When I do speak, I don't speak with a hollow voice, [but] I'm strongly supported by the Congress and the people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WHITE HOUSE: Why Is Jimmy Smiling? Why Not? | 4/4/1977 | See Source »

...Instead, this ruling, like the ruling against Asian-American minority recognition, can only be seen as an obstruction of the independent voice of student organizations. Not only as dues-paying members of the Radcliffe Union of Students, but as women at Harvard, we claim the right to eat and speak together once a month in Harvard dining halls. Sarah Rabkin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Togetherness | 3/31/1977 | See Source »

...school called Pine Manor," Sampson jested. Several years ago, in a rare performance, Sampson was contracted to put on a show for their entertainment. He hypnotized three women from the audience, and told two that they were from a different planet and were unable to understand or speak English. He told the third that she was very special because she could speak English, and understand what the other two girls were saying to each other in their "moon gibberish." The first two gossiped with their gibberish, while the third told the audience what they were saying...

Author: By Marc H. Meyer, | Title: Hypnotism Without Watches | 3/30/1977 | See Source »

...girl of about 17 suppressed her interest out of a sense of propriety. This is the general feeling I got on the streets, where, while everyone would stare at my foreign clothes, features, and camera, or hush when they heard my English, only the men would come up and speak...

Author: By Ricky Goldstein, | Title: Shedding The Safsari | 3/29/1977 | See Source »

...covering. And well he might be. Whether from left or right, there is something terribly predictable about the way Mother Kusters' tormentors reveal their duplicity. The film makes all the right comments about what is wrong with a lot of things these days, but it does not speak very artfully about these matters - except when Actress Mira's eyes are allowed to do its thinking, and its talking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Kusters' Stand | 3/28/1977 | See Source »

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