Word: verbalism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, by Edward Albee, makes a no-exit verbal hell out of a college professor's living room. Arthur Hill and Uta Hagen beat ugly truths and fond illusions out of each other with savage, flailing brilliance...
...picture above) with with a bloodless clash of small groups. At this time, individuals in battle finery prance about and exchange taunts and insults. Later in the morning, reinforcements from the outlying villages join the initial parties and a few arrows are shot casually, but the battle remains essentially verbal. Gradually, as the day wears on, more arrows and spears are thrown; warriors on both sides are wounded and finally someone is killed. When this happens the conflict begins to subside. The numbers diminish as men return home and the groups slowly separate. The victors leave shouting final insults, while...
...message, offering to meet the Soviets only "on the basis of full equality," and repeating the old demands for a one-way compromise, would make it tough for Russia to accept. Even in the event of a meeting, said one Hong Kong expert, "we can expect little but a verbal agreement which will soon break down...
...fill the freshman class entirely with students whose SAT scores were 700 or better, but it chooses deliberately not to do so. In fact, an examination of the test scores for the Class of '66 reveals little numerical difference between those admitted and those rejected. The median math and verbal scores for the applicant group as a whole were 657 and 641 respectively; for the admitted group the figures were...
Jones, totally unintimidated by Clay's 16-pound advantage and pre-fight verbal avalanche, took the fight to Cassius. The crowd gave Jones a standing ovation. Associated Press gave him a 5-4-1 victory, but the judges scored the bout 5-4-1 for Clay and referee Joe Loscalzo somhow saw it 8-1-1 Clay...