Word: spokenness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...voiced by Vincent Hallinan, a 77-year-old San Francisco lawyer for the Hearsts, who said that he feared the kidnapers had forced the girl to deliver the statement, then killed her and fled, releasing the tape as a diversion. On the other hand, the girl could conceivably have spoken out because of fear, or to buy time, or to convince the terrorists that she had joined them so that she could later break free...
Font of Truth. Catholic Theologian David Tracy, writing in a recent issue of the Christian Century, recalls the period somewhat ruefully: "Has Einstein spoken? Fine, but really-if you look hard and long enough, it's all there in Aquinas. Are you looking for an aesthetic or political theory . . . applicable to the modern situation? Fine, read Thomas. Do you want an adequate contemporary theology? Master the Summa Theologiae and the Summa Contra Gentiles." Even before the Second Vatican Council, some progressive Catholic theologians were abandoning the kind of worshipful Thomism Tracy describes. After the council had ushered...
...there are many people who will never acknowledge the greatness of Hank Aaron, because, to them, it will lessen the legend of the Babe. After all, they did not even really hear about soft-spoken slugger for Atlanta until he hit his 700th homer last summer and it became apparent that barring misfortune, he was a cinch to break the record...
Everyone, from sportswriters to alumni to Sports Illustrated, commented on the change. Now, the referees have spoken...
Oddly, the sudden prosperity has caused little jubilation among American Motors executives. They are preoccupied by an unfamiliar problem; how to produce as many cars as the public wants. "Steel is tight, chemicals are tight, fabricated parts are extremely tight," complains William V. Luneburg, AMC's blunt-spoken president, who sometimes badgers suppliers personally for quick deliveries. "When you have the opportunity in your grasp and you cannot make it materialize, it is a bit frustrating." Still, he concedes, "the wheel of fortune is turning right at the moment...