Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...intelligence, a criticism that has been made for years. Lyndon Johnson reportedly once remarked that Ford was too stupid to walk and chew gum at the same time, because in college, Johnson explained, Ford had played football on too many occasions without wearing his helmet. When Eugene McCarthy spoke at the Law School Forum here two years ago, he apologized for having supported legislation that Ford came out for five years later. "When you're only five years ahead of Gerry Ford," McCarthy said, "you know you're behind the times...
...seeds were sown from an actively expressed desire for the improvement of education for women. While Radcliffe remained geographically distinct from Harvard, she did not have to articulate consistently her concern for women's education. Nestled in the Radcliffe Yard and at the Quad, Radcliffe College's existence spoke for itself. As the demands for merger increased, the issues specifically pertaining to women became obscured. In the last few years, we have begun again, irrespective of our individual opinions about merger, to speak about the particular educational needs of women, not because we are fragile delicate souls who cannot cope...
...almost 10 years. From a small speaker on the wall an organ version of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" was playing. As the padre walked to the modest altar, his assistant passed out to the peasants sheets with prayers written in Quechua. This service was for those who spoke only that Indian tongue; in the previous hour the padre had said mass for the Spanish-speaking inhabitants of the village. Almost none of the campesinos spoke Spanish...
...Constitution-in much the same form that the Hearst kidnapers have used to communicate with the world: a tape recording of the victim's voice. Speaking in clear and controlled tones, Murphy reported his abductor's motivation as the man, the only one who ever spoke during his long ordeal, had depicted it: "The A.R.A., as I understand it, feels that the American news media have been too leftist and too liberal. They intend to do something about that. That's the cause of my abduction." The kidnapers had also told him of a few other plans...
Herbert M. Gintis, assistant professor of Economics, who spoke with Bowles to a group of 50 in Gutman Library, said that "radical economic change is necessary" for a solution to problems like poverty, racial prejudice and political and economic inequality...