Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Having spent most of his ideas and energies up to now within the confines of his own magazines, he also became a public figure who spoke out on public issues. Luce broke publicly with Roosevelt and the New Deal in 1937. In a speech to a group of Ohio bankers, he declared that the Depression was continuing because of a lack of business confidence?and that that lack of confidence had been caused by Roosevelt's basing "his political popularity on the implication that business is antisocial, unpatriotic, vulgar and corruptive...
...steaming cups of tea, Chou professed to be weary of the negotiations, said that he would like to visit the U.S. "to study your impressive techniques of modern production." Wrote Luce later: "I must record the utter confidence as well as the good humor with which Chou En-lai spoke to me. While he didn't say so in so many words, I had the chilling feeling that he expected soon to be in control of all China. At the end of my stay, I figured he was right. I knew the Marshall mission had failed." Just before his death...
...adversaries have undergone some renovations too. In the first Drummond adventure, Irma was described as a sultry brunette who spoke in silent-movie captions ("Mon Dieu, you ugly man! Tell me why you are such a fool!"). In this film, she is introduced as the svelte blonde secretary of an oil magnate who maintains his executive offices in a private jetliner. "Your cigar, sir," murmurs Irma (Elke Sommer), as she extracts a plump Corona from her ruffled cigarter. The boss lights up, draws deep, looks faintly startled as the cigar explodes a .38 slug that rips through the back...
...when he spoke, it was usually on behalf of student ideas and interests. Before the Faculty and within the Administration, he has argued for student positions on parietals, off-campus living, and matters of educational policy such as pass-fail and General Education. Monro was among the first to suggest that the HPC investigate the language requirement. He has ardently supported the efforts of both the HPC and HUC to gain a permanent niche in the decision-making process of the University. And, in general, he has sought means for giving students a more effective voice in policy-making. Recently...
...Lother spoke, "Krump studge goo goo poo poo," and began to hop excitedly. F had no choice but to comply. She slowly lifted her peacock feather and began to submit to indignations heaped on her body by the unwieldy fat man. As Lother donned his batmask for his final ecstasies, F could not prevent a moan from escaping her lips...