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Word: spoutings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite the fairy-tale ending of Marquez' novel, the magical realism which dominated the prose of his previous works such as One Hundred Years of Solitude and The Autumn of the Patriarch is surprisingly subtle in this latest work. No sleeping women spout anger and green blood, no plagues of forgetfulness rain down upon forgotten towns. Furthermore, conversation with spirits is relatively nonexistent in Love in the Time of Cholera and babies with corkscrew tails are not to be found...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: A Love Can Last a Thousand Years | 5/23/1988 | See Source »

...that they will make an example of the SASC blockaders and thereby prevent future blockades, a passive strategy. In fact, a more active, and a generally accepted alternative would be for police to guarantee a visitor's right to speak on the scene. When provocative, controversial individuals wish to spout their views on campus, the University must execute a strategy that accepts the inevitability of protest action while assuring rights of free speech. Reacting with surprise, dismay and confusion after the fact accomplishes little. Acting on the spot with purpose and respect for everyone's rights may prove difficult...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Protesting Apartheid | 4/8/1987 | See Source »

Much more informal will be the Vulgar Table, a group of foul-mouthed individuals who sit around and spout profanities for one hour each week. This table would, on occasion, double as the Blasphemy Table. Other groups, such as the Apathy Table, which will never meet, and the Stupidity Tables, which have reportedly been congregating for some time, need not be mentioned...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Trouble With Tables | 4/1/1986 | See Source »

...answer: it was not. The alma mater of Philosopher W.E.B. DuBois (class of 1888), among other distinguished alumni, is still alive--not kicking, not out of the red, but alive. The paint is peeling, the roofs leak and ruptured heating pipes spout plumes of steam in places that once would accommodate quiet reflection--but Fisk still functions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Nashville: Fisk Makes a Comeback | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

...Deng is moving, cautiously but firmly, to weed out some of his stauncher critics: only two weeks ago, 40 senior military officers were forced into retirement. "I am afraid that some of our old comrades have this fear: after a generation of socialism and Communism, it is unacceptable to spout some capitalism," said Deng in a speech published in the Chinese press on New Year's Day. "It cannot harm us. It cannot harm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China It Cannot Harm Us | 1/14/1985 | See Source »

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