Word: spokenness
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...flings true bile here, finding no word better to substitute when listing her relationship grievances: “... you did the things you said were up to me, and then accused me of trying to fuck it up.” She opts for a more straight-forward, nearly spoken representation of the word, and her straight-forwardness is what makes this so sexy. Like every girlfriend who ever spat this out at you, Phair’s usage of so strong an oath resounds with sincerity and necessity, and makes her other uses just seem...egregious...
...cipher has spoken. Nearly 40 years after that dawn patrol, Sergeant Jenkins appeared on Wednesday before a U.S. one-day general court-martial at Camp Zama, near Tokyo. From a packed courtroom and closed-circuit viewing hall, the world got its first extended look at the soldier who came in from the cold. Jenkins seemed to be neither the treacherous turncoat the American military and some media accounts had portrayed, nor an innocent victim of abduction. Instead, the world saw a frail, fragile, frequently weeping old man who was, back in that day in 1965, a scared, drunk, tired...
...America has spoken, and I’m humbled by the trust and the confidence of my fellow citizens,” Bush told hundreds of supporters gathered at the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center here. “Our nation has defended itself and served the freedom of all mankind. I’m proud to lead such an amazing country, and I’m proud to lead it forward...
...effort can consolidate and pool their resources. With the help of FCL, the house has also been used by other non-profits such as the League of Independent Voters, Global Justice and the Sierra Club. HSF, which associates itself with a large number of student groups ranging from the Spoken Word Society and Socialist Alternative to the Black Men’s Forum and SASSI-WOOF, hopes to make the space available for all its affiliates...
...result, any student is welcome in HSF, and although their parties, albeit alcohol-free, resemble any other dorm dance, there aren’t nearly as many restrictions on who can come in and who must stay out. At open-mics, people sit on couches and listen to freestyle spoken word performers, vocalists, and whoever else happens to come by that day. At parties, Bolden-Kramer says, the DJ makes an effort to play “conscious music” to further HSF’s emphasis on social justice. At last Sunday’s Halloween carnival, guests...