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Word: speakes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mansfield and I both claim to know the meaning of responsibility and we resent each other for not getting it right. He frowns when students speak out of turn. I scream when I hear that Harvard Management pays someone $10 million a year to throw the dice on the stock exchange and less than $10 dollars an hour to 50 year old janitors who have been sweating at Harvard for years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

...understand some of Wisse's objections to the rally, including that "it is uncommonly rude to speak when someone else has the floor." She may be "ashamed" of the protesters, but I am ashamed, too. I am ashamed to be affiliated with a university which consistently fails to listen to its students. I think that the cries on Tuesday were born of frustration, not disrespect. Rape is a terrifying crime, and that a world-renowned university unequipped to handle it is an embarrassment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

Mansfield and I both claim to know the meaning of responsibility and we resent each other for not getting it right. He frowns when students speak out of turn. I scream when I hear that Harvard Management pays someone $10 million a year to throw the dice on the stock exchange and less than $10 dollars an hour to 50 year old janitors who have been sweating at Harvard for years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mansfield's Remarks Belittle Legitimate Concerns | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

...understand some of Wisse's objections to the rally, including that "it is uncommonly rude to speak when someone else has the floor." She may be "ashamed" of the protesters, but I am ashamed, too. I am ashamed to be affiliated with a university which consistently fails to listen to its students. I think that the cries on Tuesday were born of frustration, not disrespect. Rape is a terrifying crime, and that a world-renowned university unequipped to handle it is an embarrassment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mansfield's Remarks Belittle Legitimate Concerns | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

...lack of discretion is a relative thing. "For me, only telling 10 people was being pretty discreet." Monica knows her attitude infuriates people but says there isn't much she can do about that. As for the Creep, she says she's over him, doesn't want to speak with him, wouldn't believe him if she did. "He'll tell you what you want to hear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: Monica Lewinsky Up Close | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

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