Word: speakes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...vapid language of technocracy has even co-opted the issues that formerly appealed to idealism, so that these days one can unironically speak of Harvard's "race relations infrastructure." One assumes that the Freedom Riders might have received some informal training (about how not to get beat up or killed) before setting out; how they might have benefitted from technical instruction from "Conflict Management...
...person, Bret Easton Ellis has the smooth-talking polish of a Washington politico. He puts on a great show and manages to speak for several minutes without really saying anything. He rarely gives a straight answer. Recently he told Rolling Stone magazine that he is bisexual. Now, he says he was joking. And what about his next book project? At first he said it had a political orientation. Now, it's "supernatural...
...Speaking of useless rhetoric, is anyone going to stop pundits from declaring what The American People want? First, there is no "The American People." There are whites and blacks, Northerners and Southerners, Protestants and Catholics, rich and poor. It's problematic enough to try to say what these groups want, but it is idiotic to claim to speak for The American People united. More important, such talk leaves out the question of what different people with different values should want...
...next tough transition was crossing Iraq. I was shot down twice over the stupid no-fly zone! I finally arrived in Kyrgyzstan only to realize I did not speak Kyrgyzstani. No problem. The client had an escort waiting for me at the port, and he spoke flawless pig Latin, the global language of choice for consultants...
...Robotics Discovery Set ($150), which lets kids age 9 and up build elaborate creations like a moving robot that can follow a flashlight in the dark. Companies that couldn't think of anything original this year are reinventing old favorites. Microsoft's line of ActiMates Interactive Teletubbies ($60) speak and sing, and come with touch-sensitive color screens on the tummies, which display geometric shapes. Most perplexing is Tiger Electronics' new electronic yo-yo, the E-Yo ($15), which gives a digital readout of its average speed, distance traveled and total time in use. If this seems of little...