Word: speakes
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...favorite. When asked why the performance martial arts act was so popular, Annie Ye ’11, a Wushu performer, replied, “We have weapons and shiny stuff. That always gets the crowd riled up.” While some guests who didn’t speak Chinese might not have understood some of the jokes throughout the banquet, they nevertheless felt welcomed at the soiree. Monica S. Liu ’12, a CSA member, said that undergrads of all kinds are encouraged to join CSA and attend CSA events. “ Of course...
...stimulus package will pour a balm of money into California and it will speak volumes if that does little or nothing to help the state escape from its calamitous circumstances. California has held a place at the head of the national economy since the Great Depression. If that is still true, it should deprive the nation of some of the hope it still has that the recession is reaching bottom...
...There's really no mystery to the program's success, says Olds. Simple interventions, like encouraging new parents to show affection to their children or to talk to them more, result in exponential rewards for babies. In poor families, adults tend to speak to babies only to issue commands, in a business-only style of parenting rather than talking to children to communicate affection, identify objects, introduce concepts or teach language - a phenomenon more common in middle-class and wealthy households. Studies have shown that by preschool age, children whose parents gesture or talk to them less in babyhood know...
...Harvard used to provide that. During the 18th century, sophomores instructed freshmen on the proper social conduct. “No fresman [sic] shall talk saucily to his senior or speak to him with his hat on” was a frequent admonition. One of the French instructors, Peter Curtis, offered undergraduates dancing lessons—because every Harvard man had to know the minuet. Most of these ideas are quaint, but they speak to a sense of respect that is lacking on today’s campus. Nowadays, the College sets few standards for its men—just...
When I visited Bissau in April 2007, members of the judicial police would speak to me only in secret, for fear of being attacked by drug traffickers. The small force - which had not been paid for four months - operated out of a cluster of crumbling buildings with no telephones or electricity. Four cars - the entire fleet of the judicial police - sat idle on the premises. The police had no money...