Word: spokenness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...crime and the rights of society." It seemed odd when Reagan chose to so identify his second choice to replace Justice Lewis Powell. After all, Ginsburg's academic specialty is anti-trust law and he never has written on constitutional law, let alone criminal procedure. Had the president spoken with his nominee and discerned his views on Miranda rights and the exclusionary rule...
...arrival of the Beatles for their first U.S. tour and caught the moment with a description of hysterical fans throbbing like alien protoplasm against the plate glass of the airport waiting room. The story stretched conventional journalistic license, but few readers could deny that this brightly tailored, soft-spoken Virginian was up to something...
...decide how last week's market turmoil will affect the U.S. economy, and indeed that of the entire world, he is Alan Greenspan, 61. As chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, the soft-spoken economic forecaster is the ultimate arbiter of the nation's credit supply and thus of the interest rates at which money is lent throughout the U.S. banking system. On the job less than three months, Greenspan is suddenly being forced to make rapid and delicate decisions to prevent the market crash from turning into a mushrooming financial collapse and to stave off a steep recession. Says...
Peace Corps Director Loret Miller Ruppe has spoken of the Harvard project as a model for other programs around the country. Short-term programs like this one will serve both the Peace Corps and the country at large. The Corps will be able to enlist the technically skilled volunteers it badly needs; more Americans will find public service a viable option...
...recent interview, director John Hancock '61 and actor John Toles-Bey spoke about Weeds, their latest film. Soft-spoken Hancock chose his words carefully. Toles-Bey betrayed his background as a Venice Beach street performer with a quick and easy wit. Hancock was forthcoming on the subject of Weeds' portrayals of prisoners, women and Blacks, which some critics say enforce widely held stereotypes...