Word: vocalizer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Francisco Opera to tend a singer whose voice was giving out. His verdict: finish the performance but sing at half power. His backstage visit concluded, a feverish and bleary Saviano headed for the hospital to await his patient -- and a reassuring once-over of those valuable vocal cords...
Before Saturday's game, Big Al--the guy who comes to each game bearing a loud voice and a portfolio of signs--dropped a flyer on every seat which encouraged the fans to be as vocal as they ever have been. And they were...
...checks. The new crackdown follows a drive in January in which some dissidents were "exiled" to West Germany as punishment. Officials have evidently decided that the sweet prospect of such punishment merely encouraged the estimated 50,000 would-be emigrants, most of them not overtly political, to become more vocal in their efforts to leave the country...
...joining the union because I had specific complaints, I probably wouldn't have joined," said an employee, who is one of the most vocal union backers in her office. "I joined because I want a voice. There may be things in the future which should be changed, and I want to know that if I have a complaint, [the administration] will hear it." Union Survey 120 support staff workers polled...
...editorial's suggestion that there may be theories whose "offensiveness outweighs any claims to academic common understanding of what can and cannot be accepted in academic discourse." Who is to decide what is offensive? And on what grounds? Are professors to be hindered from pursuing Veritas simply because vocal elements in the Harvard student body may be offended? Such intellectual intimidation is intolerable. Discourse must continue unfettered, even if there are those who prejudge all that deviates from the conventional wisdom. The academic community polices itself as junior faculty face review by tenure committees and senior faculty desire the respect...