Word: worded
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...your Tears wash out a Word...
Before I leave the topic of the word, of language and of literature, I want to say something about the spoken word. The best speaker I heard in my life was Reinhold Niebuhr, the American theologian and philosopher. I first heard him at Friends' House, London, in July 1946. He spoke for an hour without notes, and he had us in the hollow of his hand. One of his themes was the potential goodness of individual man, and the potential wickedness of collective man. An individual man could become a saint, but collective man was a tough proposition. He broke...
...Psychology at Yale, nonetheless worries about the lasting impact of flunking a formalized test: "If a child at five is given the message that he or she is a failure, a self-fulfilling prophecy may be perpetrated." And he offers what many colleagues may regard as a final word on the matter: "Kindergarten should be structured so that no child can fail...
...arrived truth to Charles de Gaulle's imperious prophecy that "every Frenchman was, is or one day will be a Gaullist." Mitterrand, an opponent of De Gaulle for the ten years of the general's presidency, also presented himself as an above-the-fray candidate, rarely mentioning the word Socialist and allowing himself to be described by Socialist Party Chairman Lionel Jospin as a leader who acquired popular support "far beyond the normal limits of his political camp." Chirac, with more ideological claim to the De Gaulle mantle than either of the other candidates, but too young to talk...
...group of oil exporters, which controls 57% of production outside the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, could try to boost prices by fashioning an agreement to limit output. While such a pact might fall apart if producers cheat on quotas, as they have so many times in the past, word of the proposed meetings, which are scheduled to begin April 23, sparked a rally in the oil markets. The price of West Texas Intermediate crude rose by almost 12% last week, closing at $18.35 per bbl., the highest level since December...