Word: speakes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Herman, Martin Short -- may have won their early stardom cadging laughs on TV or in the burgeoning comedy-club scene (see following story). Yet the Motion Picture Academy continues to lay laurels on lesser mortals whose roles require that they cry over the phone, commit suicide or speak with an English accent...
...miles away on television in Chicago still wearing the bloodied shirt and implying he had held the dying King in his arms. His behavior horrified King's lieutenants, who viewed it as profound opportunism. Coretta King could barely conceal her disgust, and for years she would not even speak to Jackson...
...flaming inferno. Van Wingerden writes that "fire engulfed the vehicle" and it "burst into flames," both exaggerated descriptions that give a false impression of the danger the children were in. Van Wingerden's investigative techniques are also suspect. She reports on Friday, August 8, that I had yet to speak to Frank Rose about the accident. I spoke to Mr. Rose Wednesday, August 6, around one or two o'clock, a good 30 hours before The Crimson went to the presses Thursday night. Mr. Nordhaus's article is loaded with errors. He repeats Ms. van Wingerden's reference to "funny...
...more memorable lines uttered during the Iran-contra hearings: Attorney Brendan Sullivan's notable "I am not a potted plant" response when Senator Daniel Inouye grew impatient with the lawyer's frequent objections and suggested that his client, Oliver North, should be the one to speak up. The fact that the President would remind his audiences even obliquely of the scandal that has seriously impaired his effectiveness signaled his rising optimism. Although the Wisconsin demonstrations had been carefully stage-managed, they reinforced Reagan's recovery from the doldrums inflicted by a triple whammy last November: the uproar over his sale...
Once football players softly dropped the ball at a ref's feet after scoring; now they defiantly spike it into the turf. And sacks no longer speak for themselves--war dances are needed to draw attention to the play...