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Watergate language and a library gift at Illinois
An essay notes how Watergate hearings push speakers to self edit language while TV audiences expect clarity. It highlights diction fails and the idea of a common national speech. Samson Raphaelson at the University of Illinois plans to donate his papers to the university library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Tellvision
Watergate TV
John Dean
Ooward Baker
Smething
Senate Committee
James J. Kilpatrick
Senate Select Committee
University of Illinois
Mossover’s
Green Street
Samson Raphaelson
Memorial Stadium
Sam Raphaelson
University of Illinois Library
Raphaelson
al Jolson