Word: spokenness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Robert S. Fitzgerald '33, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and organizer of the contest, said yesterday the competition signifies "a return to the essence of literature" because it consists of "beautiful writing, so well-spoken...
...search committee represents distinct constituencies. The Law School is spoken for, ditto the Business School. That is literally spoken for, as in "Let's get somebody in this office who will be equally concerned with the future lawyers of America getting squash courts as he is with the varsity football program...
Some cineastes have problems dealing with Altman's distinctive technique of mixing several reels of simultaneously spoken dialogue together, a trademark that captures the actual quality of everyday conversation far better than any previous method used. The dialogue often sounds garbled however, a built-in hazard that has dismayed actors as well as viewers (e.g. Warren Beatty's post-production grumblings about the sound in McCabe & Mrs. Miller). When I first screened Welcome, I listened closely for this technique and failed to notice it. Rudolph subsequently told me that the method in fact was used; if true, then...
...That's an effort; that's nice," said O'Leary, "but if they will not practice French, they will not speak this language." Little French is spoken west of Ontario, and many people in the western provinces resent having to learn another language. Some feel that the government takes their taxes in order to "shove French down their throats." This attitude is obviously not conducive to the preservation of Canadian unity...
Lalonde's point is valid. High school students in British Columbia generally learn the Parisian dialect of French which is noticeably different from the language spoken by Quebecers. Despite the federal government's investment of several million dollars in British Columbia, the teaching of French lacks continuity and is ineffectual...