Word: spokenness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Koop sees plenty of similarities. Both areas, he says, have been fraught with "controversy and misunderstanding." But with one significant difference: "The depth of the science underlying this report's findings is even more impressive than that for tobacco and health in 1964." Now that the Surgeon General has spoken, will Americans listen...
...Counter was spoken to on Friday beforethat meeting. The chancellor, Murphy, spoke to himand said, `I'm going to forward your name to theBoard of Trustees for approval, will you acceptthe job?' The story is that he said `yes,'"Withers said. "When you get to the point that yourname is going to the board of trustees--that'salmost like a gentleman's agreement...
...trying to invent a way for English to be used as a viable music- theater language," says the composer. "Usher was all sung, The Representative used a mixture of speech and song, and 1000 Airplanes is spoken. But I'm still finding my way." As directed by Glass, the piece emerges as a strong statement in which the whole is, for once, equal to the sum of its formidable parts. And for those who care about contemporary music theater, that is good news...
Things may change after the presidential election in November, and it is clear that they have to if the U.S. is not to continue handicapping the students it is supposed to educate. Both candidates, Gov. Michael S. Dukakis and Vice President George Bush, have spoken out on the education issue and on the need to improve the quality of teaching that goes on in the public schools...
...picketing the contractors," Muprhy said. "We're trying to address the non-union workers. Some of the non-union workers have spoken to us, but they're afraid to lose their jobs if they do talk...