Word: talker
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...meant to give pleasure on their own, and generally they do, but like a diet of Coke and cookies, too much simplicity leaves you craving for more substantial food for thought. But joining the ranks of the literati is not one of Luciano's ambitions. He was a talker on the field, so he writes his book like he'd speak a monologue. His aim is to entertain...
...know isn't a ranter or a raver-he's not even a talker. He's very proud of his successes, but he doesn't care about fame and fortune. He really doesn't. He's very easy to live with-I'm the maniac. I liven him up; he calms me down. Joe doesn't say a lot, but whatever he does say is interesting, thoughtful. He's funny-he makes me laugh. Still, I sometimes think that if he played football the way he conducts his life-well...
...vowed: "We're in the Big Ten to stay." Green, a bullnecked black man in his first head-coaching job, passed up a possible tie in the season opener when he ordered an unsuccessful two-point conversion in a one-point loss to Indiana. He is a straight talker, given to sometimes bitter post-game oratory. After his eighth loss, to Wisconsin (52-0), Green angered longer-sufferers when he said: "I'm embarrassed to have my name associated with North western University." In a much softer voice, he said, "We're not used to playing hard...
...part of this week's cover story. For Barrett, the profession of Reagan watching is far from finished; he will move to Washington in January to become TIME'S White House correspondent "Reagan is not an easy man to know," says Barrett. "But he is a great talker. His son Mike says that if. you ask Reagan the time of day, he'll respond by telling you how to make a watch...
Says Linguistics Scholar Peter Farb in Word Play: "Something happened in evolution to create Man the Talker." And a talker man remains, with speech his most exalting faculty. Talk is the tool, the toy, the comfort and joy of the human species. The pity is that talkers so often blurt so far beyond the line of what is needed and desired that they have to be listened to with a stiff upper...