Word: speakes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Would Mr. Puzo like to tell us what proof he has that "it is a psychological fact that Italians do not give to organized charities"? He can speak only for himself. I can list dozens of men and women of Italian heritage who not only contribute to the Red Cross and other charitable, cultural and educational institutions, but also give generously of their time and talents to every sort of worthwhile endeavor...
Chafin followed the meeting with force members by riding in difference police cruisers for a full month. "That way," he says, "when the patrolmen speak to an issue, I'll have some sense of what they're talking about." He says he will cruise with the patrolmen again once most students have returned in the fall...
When he rose to speak to the thousands of students, parents and alumni assembled in the Yard for the Associated Harvard Alumni ceremony, those qualities were each magnified. For Solzhenitsyn did not simply give a speech at Commencement, he delivered a fervent sermon. Like a prophet, he believed every word he said...
...talks will not be slowed by the need for translation; Begin and Sadat speak excellent English. But one problem, in this gathering of a Muslim, Jew and Christian, is that their Sabbaths occur on different days?Friday, Saturday and Sunday respectively. This cuts considerably into negotiating time. While Carter will be ready to resume his diplomatic labors after Sunday-morning church services. Begin will not participate in talks from sundown Friday through sundown Saturday. It is uncertain how Sadat will observe his Sabbath, but White House officials hope he does not want to go into Washington to pray...
Fear is not the only reason. Not wanting to "get involved" makes potential witnesses behave like the three monkeys who hear no evil, see no evil and speak no evil. "With a shooting in a bar." says one Detroit law officer, "you'll have 30 people tell you they were in the John at the same time." However un-Samaritan it may seem, the unwillingness of witnesses to go to court is understandable. Witness waiting rooms are grim, if they exist, and court procedures can be exasperating. Getting cross-examined by a zealous defense lawyer is often a fearful...