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Word: speaking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Divinity School have tried to bring the pope to Harvard. Beginning last spring, they sent letters to the pope through the archdiocese of Boston asking him to speak at Harvard. But as George E. Rupp, dean of the Div School, pointed out, Harvard--founded as a Protestant college--has little claim on the pope...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: A Papal Bull Market | 9/22/1979 | See Source »

...other sport"--tennis. His record: 369-155. Barnaby lets his teams speak for themselves. He bowed out by leading his tennis squad to a share of the Ivy League title...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Coach Jack Is Back | 9/21/1979 | See Source »

Former Gov. Ronald E. Reagan, unannounced Republican presidential candidate, will speak at the Music Hall in Boston on November 2 at a fundraiser featuring Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Friends of Reagan To Sing in Boston | 9/21/1979 | See Source »

...speak they did. In rhetorical excesses that sometimes found Castro dozing off, speakers echoed his attacks on obvious targets of abuse. The U.S. was frequently denounced, as were the Muzorewa government in Zimbabwe Rhodesia and the white rulers of South Africa. Perhaps the worst punishment was reserved for Egypt, which Castro had excoriated in his keynote speech for "betraying the Arab cause" by signing the Camp David accord. When Egyptian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Butros Ghali vainly sought to defend his government, he was met by a flood of invective from the other Arab delegations. Even Jordan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Castro's Showpiece Summit | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

...gimmick is that the animals have moved out of the frat house and into sum mer jobs as waiters in a resort hotel. The hotel is about as festive as Disney World in a hail storm; the characters are so familiar you can turn down the volume and speak their lines yourself. In addition to the two romantic leads (Larry Breeding and Stephanie Faracy), the kids include one fat social retard, one bookish wimp and one wealthy, lock-jawed Wasp. For added measure the writers have stirred in a cook who re-enacts John Belushi's samurai routine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The 1979-80 Season: II | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

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