Word: speakes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...guess I just did not have enough confidence at the time to "shoot everyone the finger," so to speak. For awhile, I adopted the strangest manner of dress, suitable for gypsy costumes in a late 1930s musical. I despised things Dallas or Southern, and I rejected bar-b-qued chicken, okra and squash souffle. My parents, I think, believed I was mad, and they wrung their hands in despair...
...late May. A onetime seminarian, Cornwell, 48, is a veteran editor for the London Observer and a novelist. Rome backed the project after Britain's George Basil Cardinal Hume vouched for Cornwell's fairness and integrity. The author spent months interviewing the main witnesses, many of whom decided to speak only because of the Vatican go-ahead...
...feels deeply about racial issues, and he is willing to speak out and put himself behind his positions," Bell says. "That's one thing for an individual like me, in a tenured position, but it's another thing for an administrator...
Crimson: There was a lot of concernhere, particularly from women faculty members thatthe new president be someone who could speak outon issues that related to women faculty. do youfeel like you're in a position to do that...
...close to thefaculty. It's been interesting to me that, exceptfor those who specifically looked at my vitae,most of my colleagues assume that I am a member ofthe faculty. I take care to disabuse them of thatif I discover that they made that mistake. I feelquite comfortable to speak out on any issue onwhich I feel well-grounded and in which myresponsibilities cover that scope. I try to becareful not to extend my reach where I'm notwelcome or where it's not really part of my rolebecause one can tend to do damage there. One ofthe things that...