Word: speech
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...immutable stance in this instance sparked him to organize what was probably the first sit-in demonstration at Harvard. Students camped out in front of the professor's door to expose his closed-mindedness and to demand that he at least listen to a tape of Day's speech so that he might objectively determine if his previously-held notions were indeed justified...
Hartmann said after the dinner that thecontroversy over the medal has not affected theconference. Last night, the attorney general gavea seven-minute speech on the tradeoffs involved inbeing sensitive to the community and tough onserious crimes, Hartmann said...
Patrick S. Korten, another Justice Departmentspokesman, said that business in Washington forcedMeese to postpone his Wednesday speech and cancelseveral other commitments this week...
...appropriate, well-placed, almost meaningful. The projection of the lyrics on screens beside the stage helps the audience focus on the importance of what exactly the actors are mouthing but is admittedly distracting. With no dialogue, except for Brenneman's narration and one brief and painful incident of normal speech, the lyrics have to glue the show together and they...
...their credit, the actors in some of the more minor roles are terrific. As Charlotte and Henry's rebellious daughter who is planning to run off with her hipster boyfriend, Kim Raver makes a brief, tattered-jean appearance and gives a terrific speech on What It's All About. As Billy, a young actor who seduces Annie as she spirals away from marital bliss, Allie Dreier is wholesomely lecherous. And Ellen Harvey gives a truly nonchalant and terribly British performance as Charlotte, Henry's cuckolded ex-wife who refuses to act cuckolded. Of the more major players, Beth Colt lacks...