Word: vocalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unclear whether enough is being done, and the Graduate Student Council has been quite vocal in the past with its complaints about life in the GSAS. For instance, in the spring of 1983, 300 grad students petitioned the University to centralize the school's administrative offices along with a lounge, cafe, and word processing center...
...brawling disarray. The monetarists, who stress the importance of gradual growth of the money supply to a sound economy, and Keynesians set up a clamor of conflicting claims. Members of the rational-expectations school argued that deficit spending could not work over the long run. And a small but vocal group of economists known as supply-siders called loudly for incentives to save and produce...
...Come to the River is set to an original text by British Playwright Edward Bond. The principal themes-the evils of fascism and the brotherhood of the masses-are ones that Henze has previously explored in such vocal works as the Essay on Pigs (1968) and El Cimarrón (1969-70), written in Cuba. "New museums, opera houses and premieres are not necessary," Henze declared in 1967. "What is necessary is. . . the greatest work of art of mankind: the world revolution...
...Managua's Augusto César Sandino Airport last week left little doubt about their opinion of the Marxist-led Sandinista government. "Democracy, yes! Communism, no!" they chanted. "With Arturo in the seat there'll be plenty to eat. Arturo is the future." The small but vocal crowd had turned out to welcome Arturo Cruz, 60, a former junta member and Ambassador to Washington, who was back home from self-imposed exile in the U.S. to run as an opposition candidate in the Nicaraguan elections scheduled for Nov. 4. But the jubilation was short-lived. No sooner...
...large amounts of money on deposit with Continental. The shock waves might extend to local companies doing business with those banks. In short, what was at stake in Continental's crisis was the stability of the entire international banking system. Said Democratic Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin, a vocal opponent of the Chrysler and Lock heed rescues: "For the first time I favor a bailout. In this case it was absolutely essential...