Word: spokenness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...resolution calling for a mutual, verifiable freeze on the production and deployment of nuclear weapons. She opposed funding for the MX missile, the new B-1B bomber, production of nerve gas and President Reagan's Star Wars concept of space-based defenses. On the other hand, she has spoken of the need for a strong defense and backed funding of the Trident Nuclear Submarine, the Pershing II Nuclear Missile and Draft Registration...
...almost chamber-like setting. Baltsa, a splendid Greek mezzo, who is not heard often enough on this side of the Atlantic, makes a sultry cigarette girl, and Spanish Tenor Carreras an ardent Don José. The intimate nature of the tragedy is enhanced by the use of spoken dialogue, which Bizet intended...
Though more soft-spoken than his predecessor, Castro is equally committed to social justice. Born in Montevideo, Castro was one of nine children of a Spanish immigrant mother and Chilean father. The family was Roman Catholic, but as a youth he played with children from a nearby Methodist church. Says Castro, a short, slender man with an infectious smile: "I ultimately found Jesus Christ through my personal contacts. It was not a church-to-church conversion...
...hard to instill discipline in a department that is relatively inexperienced (70% of its officers have been on the force five years or less) and that on occasion has lost control of crowds, most recently during a speech given by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in April. Soft-spoken but decisive, Murphy drives his own unmarked car and practices what he calls "management by walking around." Says he: "I know my department, and I know my city. There's a relationship there...
...less disciplined and sophisticated Sephardim, and the Sephardim, in turn, have scorned the standoffish Ashkenazim. In a few particularly ugly instances, the Sephardim have been dubbed "Khomeinis"; they have responded by calling their antagonists "Aske-nazis." Even Prime Ministers, including European-born David Ben-Gurion and Golda Meir, have spoken darkly of the dangers of "mob rule" and sweepingly written off "the primitive Arab mentality" of the Sephardim...