Word: amo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...until grammar becomes a matter of opinion, and vocabulary an artistic style, "amo, amas, amat" must rule the language classroom. Sermons will not change instructors' attitudes toward verb declensions. To enliven and modernize the language teaching, the Faculty must recognize the inherent difference between instruction in language, and teaching in the social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities...
Nassau made a better showing after intermission, with some old English glees. The words were intelligible and the clever Amo, Amas brought chuckles from Latin scholars...
...performances are traditionally sung in English), but Barbirolli told her not to worry: "I'm going to take good care of you." When she made her entrance her knees were shaking, but "directly I started I knew I was singing well. The only bad moment I had was when Amo-nasro first comes on to the stage. I turned around and sang 'Che veggo? Egli?mio padre [What do I see? It's he?my father]!' and then I couldn't find him. He was still in the wings...