Word: speech
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...average feminist might think. Shainess demonstrates that women actually encourage such abuse, though not because they enjoy the pain (as the term masochism implies) but rather out of compulsion. Masochism is the only form of human relations known to them. They constantly draw attention to their problem with their speech and their behaviour. Shainess outlines the many forms of masochistic communication can take and most will seem surprisingly familiar. Sweet Suffering is replete with examples drawn from her psychiatric practice, from literature and film, as well as vignettes she has observed. These illustrations, combined with her lively, personal style, will...
...genre: is it a play? is it an opera? Billed as a "musical tale," it seems neither fish no, fowl nor the best of both worlds. The music, written and performed by Philip Lasser, is elusive and singularly inappropriate in nature; it runs on incessantly, ubiquitously beneath the speech, providing less of a meaningful subtext than a distraction or, at worst, an embarrassment, as the unfortunate singers actors explode into snatches of unsingable, off-key melody. This post-Wagnerian syndrome is if anything aggravated by the nature of the text: to rhyme or not to rhyme is the crucial question...
Kemp emphasized throughout his speech that government spending programs alone cannot provide jobs and raise the standard of living as effectively as a "growing" economy, which would be unhampered by federal intervention...
Throughout his speech, Kemp expressed his confidence in the ability of the economy to remain strong. "I'm incurable optimist," he said. "And if you're looking for bad news you won't get it from...
...Schroeder, as if inspired by the new kid on the ward, seemed to improve dramatically. According to Lansing, he was initiating conversation, pronouncing difficult words like Mississippi, counting correctly and, perhaps most important, "laughing more." New dentures apparently eased things for him. Though prospects for a complete recovery of speech and mental functions remained slight, doctors were once again talking about transferring Schroeder to the transitional home, perhaps as early as this week...