Word: speakes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Oswald Tippo, former chancellor and provost of UMASS/Amherst, said he believed the letter to be accurate. "Dukakis has a wretched record as far as public institutions are concerned," he said. Tippo said he thought many of Dukakis' opponents would be reluctant to speak out because, "they have to go to the governor for their budgets...
...Armed Services Committee, Chairman Sam Nunn of Georgia went further: he invited the Soviet Union to speak out if it disagrees with the Administration's presentation. "If the Soviets remain silent on points of interpretation presented by the Executive Branch," said Nunn, "then I believe that the Senate . . . can reasonably believe and contend that that silence connotes assent...
...Dream, which uncovered weighty conflicts of the sexes and social classes in what had been seen as amiably airy farce. That production, gymnastic and visually abstract, signaled a revolutionary intent from the first glance. This time Brook's method is less obtrusive: though there are no sets to speak of, the costumes are in period and the air is abuzz with patronymics. Still, once again he has revisionism in mind...
...lost forever, not only to the school system but to society at large. The battle to prevent those losses has never been more difficult. Old-style pedagogy simply does not work when the climate both inside and outside the schoolhouse is one of paralyzing despair. Inner-city educators speak of a "ghetto mentality," in which very little is expected of students -- by parents, teachers and others. Students quickly learn to match those expectations. "Schools knew how to succeed with kids who wanted to succeed," observes President Timpane of Teachers College. "It's only in the past generation that...
After a purging crack-up, Judith is able to throw away all her crutches -- booze, religion, romantic fantasies -- and totter off into Celtic twilight under her own renewed power. Director Jack Clayton (Room at the Top, The Great Gatsby) seems to think these mingy cliches speak volumes. With his smugly self-effacing camera style, he could use, as the Irish say, a "wee jar" to warm him up. His movie needs a big jar to warm up the viewer...