Word: spokenness
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...impressed upon me the necessity of grappling, yet again, with religion and nationality, or, more precisely, religious nationalismnot just that of the attackers but also, and more importantly, that of many of the most outspoken and influential defenders of the United States. It is not insignificant that Bush has spoken more than once since then of a crusade, a violent movement that has the cross of Christianity at its core and, once upon a time, the Saracen as its target. Today, in the midst of so much confusion, it remains to be seen to what degree the recent murders...
...Catholic Students Association to help with the volunteer effort last Sunday night. After hearing that volunteers were no longer needed, Grizzle decided it would be best to wait and go in one or two weeks when jobs and exhaustion force many volunteers to retire from the effort. I have spoken with the Red Cross and several pastors in New York. Theyre turning away volunteers, food, clothes, and blood donors at this point. One friend, a young guy with firefighting, paramedic, and rescue training from his time in the 82nd Airborne, cant find anything to do now, Grizzle says...
...been spending most of my summer going door-to-door, which is a tremendous way to get to know the city of Cambridge,” Murphy says. “I’ve spoken with 1,300 people as well as leaving notes for thousands of others...
...into a ghoulish spectacle, and many found it ironic that the singer would preach “it don’t matter if you’re black or white” while looking increasingly caucasian. The pristine image of Michael Jackson was cracking and fading; he had spoken of his perception once before in Moonwalk, writing “I think I have a goody-goody image in the press, and I hate that.” But as much as the sensitive performer may have hated that, he would definitely grow to hate his new image even...
...Still, it was hard not to admire the speech. The verbal miscues for which the President is known seemed, for the most part, absent. The speech?s simple and plain-spoken language served him better than the loftier rhetoric of, say, his inaugural address or his stem-cell decision talk. He seemed emotional but steady, confident but not cocky. "This will not be an age of terror," was simple and surefooted. His paeans to bipartisanship were obvious but also necessary and well done...