Word: spokenness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...vice presidential candidate Dan Quayle was in North Carolina, where he renewed his pledge to assure college opportunity for all who want it. But he offered no specifics, saying he had spoken with Bush "about education issues in general" but they "haven't sat down and discussed detailed proposals...
King was greeted with warmth and respect at the October 20 party. Sporting his ever-present bow tie, the soft-spoken King reflected on his bittersweet experience in Boston politics...
...Olympic sport after a 64-year absence: instead of thousands of dollars in prize money, the bottom line was a medal for one's country. Still, the pros had little problem getting pumped up for the new tournament. "This is, I think, the biggest one," said Czechoslovakia's soft-spoken Miloslav Mecir, who glided past Tim Mayotte of the U.S. to win the men's singles. Agreed the women's gold medalist Steffi Graf: "I think every athlete cares much more about winning it than about the money." The West German grand slam winner downed Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina...
...Bush has spoken about federal efforts to aid working mothers by giving them tax breaks for day care. He has discussed efforts to simulate Dukakis' universal health care plan with a plan of his own to give the middle class the opportunity to "buy into" medicare. And he has seemingly backed down on Reagan's committment to go ahead full throttle with both research and deployment of SDI. In fact, both candidates have adopted strikingly similar positions on SDI which stress research, with deployment contingent upon further scientific developments...
Kirkland House resident Nancy D. Prior '89 says she has spoken to more than nine prospective thesis advisers in the Government Department, but most of them said they were too busy because they already had advisees or were doing their own work and did not want to take on extra responsibility...