Word: spieled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Perhaps the adventurous ones had not liked Riley--she never looked me in the eye the whole time she was explaining how prolific all the Society's "brilliant" writers were, and her spiel varied somewhat with the official line. For instance, she said, "You know, of course, that Mr. Welch [Robert Welch, Founder of the Society] learned to read at age two" --the official biography says he was three. And she told me that John Birch, who was a fundamentalist missionary to China in the early 1940's and later became an intelligence agent for Gen. Clair Chennault in China...
...patriotic events to occupy your time right up through December 1976, when the whole thing collapses and we can all forget about who sneezed Two Hundred Years Ago Today and get back to normal. That is, until 2075, when our descendants will be subjected to the whole spiel again...
...alumnus who has heard Karl Strauch, professor of Physics and committee chairman, give his standard "the-time-has-come-for-gradual-change" spiel; any faculty member or administrator with an ear to the ground; or any student who reads. The Crimson was prepared long ago for the committee recommendations...
...only after great effort. Kathy Gratto takes charge now, announcing. "By Thursday night we will have the entire first act blocked except for the hip, hip, hoorays and the finale." Actors gasp Gratto then proceeds to demonstrate and describe the stage directions for act one in a rapid spiel that leaves most of the cast game but confused. Gratto is a natural clown, constantly mugging and cracking jokes; she is far more the ham than Krag is. Tonight, for the first time. Krag appears overshadowed, a little hesitant about giving out orders or reprimands...
Then comes the spiel: "That's why I carry an American Express card." Not until the end of the bit does a computer clack out the name of the mystery man: William E. Miller...