Word: speakes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time I realized I had made a mistake, it was too late to do anything. Not having stopped my pace, I was well past the tour group. Even if I had gone back, what would I have said? I can't speak a lick of French beyond bonjour and aurevoir. Would I have used exaggerated hand gestures and have spoken in a really loud voice, trying to say, "HI! MY NAME IS WILL! WHAT'S YOURS?" Would I have mentioned Jerry Lewis or World Cup soccer in a vain attempt to find some common ground...
...anything, the women upon whom Friedland presupposes ignorance and naivete, the women he assumes cannot decide for themselves where they want to spend a Saturday night, are the ones who should feel the most insulted by his article. How can Friedland honestly speak of fighting chauvinism when he feels that he is the one who must dictate what is "acceptable" for poor and defenseless Harvard women...
...theory, abortion is not given special treatment. If a young medical student feels a little squeamish learning about open heart surgery, he or she can speak to an advisor and be excused from class. It seems implausible that someone can graduate from Harvard Medical School skipping a variety of classes based on different moral, ethical, religious objections...
...stigma and the suffering," explains New York University African studies professor Tricia Rose. Some urban blacks were able to straddle the fence, black at home and white at work. "You would have neighbors," says Golden. "But when you saw them downtown at the job, you knew not to speak to them." But for many, like Eston, it has been a path of no return. To be found out would mean losing status, jobs, opportunities--if not meeting violent results--so familial ties were permanently severed...
Richard Meier, the world renowned Modernist architect best known for his work on the new Getty Center in Los Angeles, had been invited to Harvard to speak about his most recent projects. The result was a 20 year, autobiographical retrospective, starting with homes he designed and then continuing with public buildings. It was a purposeful and critical dialogue supplemented by amusing personal anecdotes, nothing too self-important or self-gratifying; his speech was just about his work...