Word: speakes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Frusztajer ran into problems because he did not know how to speak the language. "I went to a Japanese high school for three months, which was very difficult at first, because I spoke no Japanese," he says. "I used to spend a lot of time reading children's books. Everyone tried to be helpful, but most people knew little English. In fact one of my tasks was to help teach English...
...there has also been some skepticism whether the assaults actually occurred, said senior Cynthia L. Franklin. "My feeling is that for them to speak out something must have happened," but "no one really knows what happened since everyone was under the influence of alcohol," she said...
...Often someone that you meet one on one who is extremely engaging is unable to get up and speak at the podium. Something stops and they just lose it," says Howard. "Well whatever causes that, I know how to teach and get past. That's something I deal with all the time, the notion of self versus presentational self...
...White House had a cool reaction to the Secretaries' carping. "The President accepts the report," said Fitzwater curtly. "Mr. Shultz and Mr. Weinberger can speak for themselves." Speculation around Washington last week that Shultz's days are numbered was undercut by the President when the White House announced that the Secretary of State would visit Moscow next month for renewed discussions with the Soviets. A highly regarded diplomat whose departure would be unsettling to U.S. allies, Shultz has enraged Reagan loyalists by his criticisms of the Iran initiative. Nevertheless, he flatly stated last week, "I have no plans to leave...
...apartment and the character in Kafka's Metamorphosis who arises one morning to find himself no longer a salesman but a bug. For this couple, each dawn is a reawakening to humiliation, each day a struggle to believe they can make an art as universal as Kafka's. They speak of their homeland with attempted distaste: "In Eastern Europe, nobody has a sincere smile except drunks and informers." They echo Poland's subjugation: they yearn to be Russian refugees, who they believe are more in fashion, and wish they had Russian goods to sell. But in the most poignant scene...