Word: spokenness
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...Malawian boy, David Banda, as her son. She was then accused by the international community of using her celebrity status to side-step Malawi’s laws. The birth father subsequently made and retracted statements of consent to a gleeful media, and a great many international figures have spoken on the topic...
...raid comes at a delicate time for President Pervez Musharraf, who has come under mounting pressure from the U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan to crack down on Taliban infiltration from Pakistani territory, despite the popularity of their cause among the local tribesmen. Just two days earlier, Liaqatullah had spoken at a rally where more than 5,000 armed men chanted anti-American and anti-Musharraf slogans, and pledged to wage jihad until every single foreign soldier had been evicted from Afghan soil...
...Harvard, it seems that such incidents are very rare. I haven’t seen any dramatic anti-war protests or angry animal rights sit-ins. Most of the students I have spoken to have fairly well thought-out, left-of-center opinions—the kind that would fit right into the political platforms of most popular American politicians. Harvard is characterized by its calm and rational, albeit mildly careerist, discourse...
Pataki, the nation’s longest-serving governor, isn’t the only potential 2008 White House hopeful to make an appearance at Harvard recently: Democrats Evan Bayh, John Edwards, John Kerry, and Barack Obama have all spoken on campus since the last presidential race—as have Republicans Bill Frist and Newt Gingrich...
...Jane always defended Margaret?s role in the show. ?She was the power behind the throne,? she told the New York Times in 1986. ?She helped her husband out. Mother always knew best, too.? Spoken like a real-life good wife, good mother and do-gooder. But Jane was also a career woman, embodying an ideal of feminine grace and pluck that may seem antique today but was a beacon for her age. She was a great lady, a terrific person. And I?d say that even if I thought that, if I did, Jane would reach out from...