Word: verbalism
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Equality also means understanding that public physical affection between two persons of the same gender is just as acceptable as it is between persons of the opposite sex. Until I can walk through the Yard hand-in-hand with another man without fear of physical violence or verbal abuse, the promise of tolerance at Harvard is unkept...
...that many of the barbs that have been hurled at the medium are warranted. Serial callers espousing offbeat or racist theories can often get on the air before producers catch on to their voices and their schtick. Radio personalities like New York's Howard Stern do indeed thrive on verbal violence, personal attacks and explosive behavior...
...attached to a long fishing line that appears to be free for the taking on the floor. When a waiter went for the bait, Bush quickly snatched it out of reach. Bush and his host, the Chinese Ambassador, found the gag great fun. Barbara, whose humor tends to be verbal, rolled her eyes and turned to the Ambassador: "You're going to have your work cut out for you with the new Administration...
...most countries can piously deny their involvement. As last week's verbal cross fire over Libya indicated, it is not easy to distinguish between factories that manufacture fertilizers, pesticides or pharmaceutical products and those that produce chemical weapons. Experts say that with just the turn of some levers or the change of a catalyst, a plant can convert from the production of pest killers to people killers in as little as 24 hours. Small wonder, then, that the U.S. spurned Libya's offer for a one-time inspection of the facility at Rabta...
...idea Mitchell has for a new Core course deals with the literary impact of witchcraft and might begin "all the way back at the golden ass." Mitchell also mentions his idea for the possibility of a "supra-national course on verbal abuse and verbal praise...