Word: verbal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviets, he guesses that it would be cheaper and more devastating to drop money on them, not bombs. And Congress, he goes on, Congress should have to rescind some old law every time it passes a new one, to make room. Ordinary stuff is Rooney's beat, with no verbal slickery: how doctors can do a heart bypass but not cure a 101 degrees fever, and why do clothing manufacturers put all those pins in new shirts? There is no dazzler at the end; he just stops talking, smiles and waves. The reader is warmed by the happy illusion that...
Gelber's straightforward direction showcases Stoppard's sharp verbal exchanges and dazzling wordplay. He and Watson make a fine team, both of them endearing in their pathetic plight. And but for a few swallowed lines, the supporting cast keeps the inspiring lunacy going at a quick, clever pace. Stoppard's stock of metaphysical puns and absurd rhetoric of despair flies so fast that they rarely become over-bearing. From all sides of the coin, a spirited showing for two of the Bard's interchangeable bit players...
There was no indication of foul play in the crash, but the United Democratic Front, South Africa's largest anti-apartheid coalition, said South Africa's recent verbal attacks and diplomatic measures against Mozambique "give us reasonable grounds to suspect South African involvement in this plane crash...
Secretary of State George P. Shultz said Gorbachev sent a verbal message through diplomatic channels after the summit urging Shultz to meet next month in Vienna with Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze...
...sound a warning against interracial marriages. In "First Manhattans" when it is apparent that Annalisa Livingston and Kenny, her Black chauffeur are going to sleep together, Gilchrist has Kenny think, "these white women go crazy if you make them come." At this point the reader balks. Is the verbal riot in the dialogue of the women just sound and fury camouflaging stereotype...