Word: spokenness
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...serial whisperer” back in business? Female residents of Hollis North said they received late-night calls Sunday from a soft-spoken man asking to talk. The caller identified himself as “Michael,” saying that he was a construction worker from the Boston area. “He just wanted to talk to someone,” said Lauren A. Onofrey ’12, who received one of the calls. “He sounded legitimately very sad.” The description of the calls earlier this week echo those...
...It’s great having him back,” junior heavyweight Andrew Knapp says. “Everyone on the team looks up to him because of the way he wrestles. He never gives up on anything.”This gritty approach makes the soft-spoken grappler a terror for opponents, as all five foes in last weekend’s Binghamton Brute Open quickly discovered. In his highly anticipated return to action, the No. 4 wrestler in the nation dispatched the field with two falls and three decisions, leaving little doubt that Caputo has maintained...
...made when devising ways to advance the cause effectively. Yet gay rights advocates have not taken the appropriate cues from their defeats earlier this month, as reflected in their continued ignorance of their opponents’ thoughts and motives. They seem unable to face that democracy has spoken, and it has said “no” on same-sex marriage...
...early backer of Obama's campaign, the soft-spoken Daschle was invaluable in helping bring aboard some of the Democratic establishment to back him against the formidable Hillary Clinton. When Senator Edward Kennedy decided to endorse the freshman Senator, he called Daschle, not Obama, to deliver the news. Much of Daschle's political organization joined the Obama effort - among them, Steve Hildebrand, who engineered Obama's field operation, and Anita Dunn, a top strategist. (See pictures of Barack Obama's campaign behind the scenes...
...there are to be any fights over the financial rescue plans between the incoming and outgoing Presidents' economic teams, they haven't started in earnest yet. Paulson has spoken twice thus far with a representative of Obama's transition team, once in person and once on the phone. The face-to-face meeting took place in Paulson's office for an hour on Nov. 10, with Paulson bringing Obama's team up to speed on details of pending decisions. This week Obama's transition team is expected to establish offices in the building and to begin digging more deeply into...