Word: speakes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...From a parody of Erica Jong: "He fiddles with my control panel, but my landing gear won't retract, so to speak...
...director Gibson's credit, the slick production legs only in the unnecessarily long second act. Gibson can perhaps be criticized for failing to produce conspicuous interaction between members of the cast, most of whom seem to be aware of other actors only when they must speak to them. Again, this is partially a flaw in the play itself, which shows off individuals and not the company as a whole...
...that swine flu is real, while others think the vaccine is dangerous. So the U.S. Government campaign to inoculate 86 million Americans against the virus by Christmas was lagging badly-when along came Larry Hardison of Concordia, Mo., to give the program a shot in the arm, so to speak. Federal health officials reported last week that the 32-year-old telephone lineman had developed an apparent case of the illness in October. Hardison has since recovered, but he has spurred thousands to roll up their sleeves. The average daily number of New York City residents seeking shots almost doubled...
Fluttering above a crowded football stadium in Corvallis, Ore., two male tussock moths, ignoring thousands of fans, make a beeline, so to speak, toward Gary Daterman and begin circling his head. Other moths are continually drawn to the steering wheel of Daterman's auto, his clothing and almost anything he touches. In fact, Daterman has become irresistible to moths during the mating season. Their infatuation with him is a hazard of his job: to devise cunning new forms of biological warfare against insects (TIME cover, July...
...Ammar's acquaintances. However, this belies another source of weakness, for Kiernan had to depend on an interpreter in conducting his interviews. It is regrettable that such an investigation, where impressions and the capacity to instill trust in one's interviewee are so vital, that the author could not speak Arabic...