Word: spokenness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Part of the insouciance about local politics, according to pollster Mervin Field, comes from sheer confusion. In a metropolis where as many as 85 languages are spoken, that extends from the perfumed hills of the Westside to the barrios of East L.A. and the ghetto of Watts, where state, county and regional authorities overlap one another, voters hardly know who's in charge. Bradley and the business community, his biggest supporter, seem to like it that...
...testify on his behalf, North took the burden of his criminal defense upon himself. A risky move, it exposes him to cross-examination by the federal prosecutors and leaves him liable to a possible perjury charge if he contradicts his earlier testimony before the Iran-contra committees. Soft- spoken and earnest, he admitted lying to Congress as well as altering documents. But always, he insisted, he was following the orders of his White House superiors. In yet another melodramatic but memorable statement, he declared, "I felt like a pawn in a chess game being played by giants...
...loud-spoken comments to the unfortunate arbiter included such pleasantries as 'rabbit-ears,' `Get into the ball game,' and assorted profanities...
...greatest brake on perestroika is not the apparatus here," said the soft-spoken Karpov. "It comes from the people. They still do not understand that they now have the responsibility to make decisions for themselves. They want us to bring about democratization for them...
...Soft-spoken and unassuming in private, Victor Shinkaretsky is a bulldog on the job and on the air. Appearing several times a week on Good Evening, Moscow!, a prime-time television show that specializes in covering everyday headaches in the capital, Shinkaretsky is the Ralph Nader of the U.S.S.R., the champion of consumers in a country with precious little to consume. Though his persistence in uncovering agriculture shortcomings has earned him the nickname "Tomato Joe," he quickly points out, "I also expose the problems of sanitation, transportation and theft...