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Word: speaks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...months, the sturdy Peasant leader had been silent; he was determined, despite Communist pressure, to stay in the Government until the people had a chance to speak at the polls. But last week, his back to the wall, less than a month before the referendum in which Poles would be asked to approve the present regime's policies, Mikolajczyk finally exploded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: You Cannot Shoot Us All | 6/17/1946 | See Source »

...Bronson Alcott noted in his journal: "I get glimpses of Hawthorne as I walk up the sledpaths, he dodging about amongst the trees on his hilltop as if he feared his neighbor's eyes would catch him as he walked. A coy genius. . . . Nobody gets a chance to speak with him unless by accident. He never calls on anyone, is seldom seen outside of his gate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Hawthorne Revisited | 6/17/1946 | See Source »

...Activities Meeting, Phillips Brooks House. Representatives of undergraduate organizations will speak...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Calendar for Opening Days of Term | 6/13/1946 | See Source »

Hanford to Speak...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 920 Men Expected to Register in Opening Two-Day Session | 6/13/1946 | See Source »

...defense? Should we keep the secret? Should we destroy all our bombs? Is it as deadly as we have been led to believe? What about Russia? CBS station managers throughout the U.S. suggested candidates for his panel. Shayon traveled some 10,000 miles to interview them. By letting them speak in their own way, Shayon produced more eloquence than a Corwin drama. Every mispronounced word and stumbling inflection underlined the program's honesty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Operation Crossroads | 6/10/1946 | See Source »

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