Word: assing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...City Independent, which Saunders launched in 1908 on a borrowed $300, ran head-on into trouble from the start, and stayed there. Saunders offended the town, which was deeply religious, with some of the most irreverent news coverage ever committed to print. BRIDE OF THREE WEEK'S BEATS ASS OFF HUSBAND went one typical Independent headline above a story telling how a young farm wife in neighboring Camden County had bravely rescued her husband from an aggressive jackass. Even the clergy was not immune from attack. After one Baptist preacher denounced him from the pulpit, Saunders discovered and published...
...Little to Drink. The group's repertory is varied and immense-300 songs ranging from Israeli folk music to rock 'n' roll. By the time Lyman has finished arranging them, however-building in parts for castanets, chimes, tambourines, cow bells and even the jawbone of an ass-they all take on the same exotic, Oriental flavor. To give listeners the impression that they are in the rain forests of Brazil, Lyman and his men cut loose at regular intervals with what they hope are authentic bird cries. At its best, the group has a delicate, haunting sound...
Surrounding it is a dense, many-layered rind of preface, commentary and index, compiled by a scholarly ass named Charles Kinbote. This obtuse fellow imagines himself to have been a great friend of Shade's. Actually, as is absurdly and delightfully evident after a few pages, Kinbote knew the old poet for only a few months, and their friendship consisted of bare toleration on Shade's side...
...English, who are among the world's most law-abiding citizens, unabashedly admire the man who can defy the law and make it look like an ass. Alfred George Hinds, or Alfie, as he is universally known, is a pallid, peaceable chap with thick glasses, and the oppressed air of a real-life Alec Guinness. Despite his undis tinguished appearance, he has one of the best-known faces in Britain...
Writing with a wry, sure sense of absurdity, the author proves again that he is a superb literary entertainer. As a social satirist, Sansom is no Samson but his deft dialogue demonstrates that he can do considerable damage to the Philistines with the jawbone of an ass...