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...Stage Deli in Manhattan because there was no sandwich named after him (there is now) -- are often stunned when the indulgence ends. When a reporter at the press conference asked Rose why he was accepting the most severe punishment possible if he had not bet on baseball, Rose was speechless. He turned to his lawyer, Reuven Katz, shiny with sweat beside him, who could only natter on about the fine print of clause F. Katz had fought for several days for language that would allow Rose to stand before the microphones and speak about his banishment as if it were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Charlie Hustle's Final Play: Pete Rose | 9/4/1989 | See Source »

...also powerful, thought-provoking and frightening. It is the kind of film that leaves you speechless walking out of the theater...

Author: By Lisa A. Taggart, | Title: Do the Right Thing: Go See This Movie | 7/28/1989 | See Source »

...last week, a mob of angry dissenters upped the council's ante. And the council left them literally speechless...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Questions Remain for Council | 5/5/1989 | See Source »

Harvard should test not only for reading and writing proficiency in a foreign language, but also for speaking ability. Neither the College nor the students benefit from the policy of granting diplomas to students who are left speechless in conversation in a foreign country...

Author: By Kelly A. Matthews, | Title: Harvard, Parlez-vous Francais? Espanol? | 12/13/1988 | See Source »

...Disability: a comedy, a pray about disability, left some members of the audience speechless during its premiere performance last night at the Kennedy School of Government Forum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Short Takes | 11/18/1988 | See Source »

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