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Word: speakes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Eisenstadt hopes that unlike From Rockaway, the second novel will stand on its own binding. "I don't mean to sound defensive," she says at the end of our interview. "But that's the thing--people are always making me defensive about the book when it's supposed to speak for itself without you having to defend it to people. And that makes you feel like you really failed as a writer, because people aren't understanding...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: The Bennington-Knopf Connection | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

...might also abuse her sister, then nine years old. Pierson feared for her own life as well. "Her father threatened to kill her if she did anything," says the attorney. Although there was never any physical evidence, neighbors and friends testified that they suspected abuse but were afraid to speak out. Says Gianelli: "It all fell on the lap of a 16-year-old." And it was a problem that finally proved too much to bear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Brutal Treatment, Vicious Deeds | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

...Katie doesn't know anything. She does not have a grasp of the issues in New Haven," Michaelson said. "Whenever we all speak in public, it is obvious that she is just a front for the other Yale democrats who are helping her out," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS CUTS | 10/17/1987 | See Source »

...open question as to whether it is this bastardization of human dialogue or the ridiculous manner in which the characters speak their lines which makes watching Dancers more painful than twirling in a pair of toe shoes. Suffice it to say, ballet dancers are taught to speak with their bodies rather than their mouths for good reason...

Author: By Deborah E. Copaken, | Title: Giselle in Hell | 10/16/1987 | See Source »

LaLonde, 37, an appliance salesman, said he decided to speak at last once his daughter was returned to safety in Massachusetts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LaLonde Says He Never Abused Daughter | 10/14/1987 | See Source »

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