"Gerald doesn't trust love because he cannot vocalise it, he cannot intellectualise it, " he adds.

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Lorca's theory - which many researchers today would agree with - was that a large part of the function of the lullaby is to help a mother vocalise her worries and concerns.

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To address this, the Gates Foundation has sponsored a programme called Women Accessing Realigned Markets (Warm), which uses community theatre to overcome the challenge of illiteracy and vocalise the issues they face.

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Mr Higson told court he could see in Sara Ege's eyes that she knew her son was dead, but "she didn't want to vocalise it, and accept that her child was dead".

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The US, despite what its countless enemies think, is not a state that can simply declare its will, which is the very reason why we aren't wasting our time when we vocalise our scorn after Vice President Dick Cheney's wife plays hostess to the creators of 24 as if they were a school of philosophers.

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