Word: vocalisms
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...Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA), one of the Pound Seizure Law's most vocal opponents, claims the low cost of pound dogs encourages researchers to use dogs where alternative methods (such as computer modeling or tissue cultures) might be applicable...
...boys in the Economics department. As the only tenured radical professor, Marglin is often a minority of one and sees no effort on Harvard's part to find him company. Moreover, Marglin feels the department and the Harvard community unconsciously discriminate against those with liberal political beliefs. From his vocal opposition to the possible appointment of Arnold C. Harberger to the director of Harvard Institure for International Development (HIID) to his support of an affirmative action program for faculty with radical ideologies, Marglin stands apart noticeably from his colleagues...
...Nonvocal communication is necessary in experiments with apes because their vocal apparatus cannot produce the wide range of sounds that characterizes a spoken language...
...small but vocal opposition group demanded that the government end its 30 years of martial law and hold national elections to replace the aging members of the rubber stamp National Assembly, still dominated by the KMT. The government heeded the second demand--but only partially. It agreed to hold elections in December 1978 to fill 59 of the assembly's more than 1400 seats and allowed just two weeks for campaigning. Lu ran as an independent from her hometown of Taoyuan, an electronics center west of Taipei. During her short campaign, she advocated three rights for her fellow native Taiwanese...
...several months after the government closed the electoral process to her, Lu continued her opposition activities underground. In August 1979, however, she became a vice president and editor of a new opposition publication, Formosa Magazine. Run by members of the opposition, Formosa Magazine grew increasingly vocal in calling for governmental and social reforms...