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...speechless Emper emerged from the crowd amidst the thunderous applause and cheering of his teammates. A few even threw in some gratuitous wisecracks about Emper's Italian heritage...

Author: By Andrew P. Quigley, | Title: Emper Voted Grid Captain | 11/25/1975 | See Source »

...become to a good many women. My first visit to a gay bar in Boston, The Saints, was highlighted by the bartender asking a friend of mine who had come north with me, if she was a dyke, a term never heard in my college town. We were both speechless, which the woman who had asked the question took to indicate ignorance and she promptly rephrased it with "gay," bringing us both back to earth...

Author: By Cheryl Macclelland, | Title: Being Gay at Harvard | 11/18/1975 | See Source »

...gaining this consensus, Shiina called a meeting of the leaders and dropped a bombshell; he announced that he would recommend Miki for the party presidency because he was most qualified to bring about the needed reforms. The astounded politicians took several minutes to recover from their surprise. A nearly speechless Miki signified that he was willing. Fukuda and Ohira, however, insisted that they would first have to consult with members of their factions before consenting. As the news of Shiina's recommendation spread through the party, support for Miki snowballed, and eventually all the party leaders fell into line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: A Shokku Instead of a Split | 12/16/1974 | See Source »

...Welch Auditorium this evening and Saturday. The two-hour performance, reportedly the best the United States has to offer in this traditionally European art form, consists of a combination of classical mime and the company's original new piece, "Unnatural Acts." No jokes about how the show left me speechless. Tickets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STAGE | 7/5/1974 | See Source »

...last ten years the group of pantomimists who have not been afraid to give over an entire evening in the theatre to acting with gesture alone has been growing rapidly. But it seems to me also to be highly logical. Mime is a universal art. It speaks in a speechless tongue that is immediately comprehensible to everyone. It knows no language barriers. The possibility of misunderstanding does not exist. In a troubled world, where men are working constantly to determine some common ground of understanding, it follows that the theatre--always the reflector of the times--should be influenced...

Author: By Marcel Marceau, | Title: A Universal Language | 4/16/1974 | See Source »

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