Word: bernards
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LANGUAGE AS A sign of class--a la George Bernard Shaw's Eliza Doolittle--is contrary to American traditions. Colonial Americans, notes historian Daniel Boorstin, prided themselves on the almost universal use of proper grammar. There were no discernible differences in patois between rich and poor. Unlike their British cousins who developed the language, Americans did not have to look to the upper crust for guidance on the proper use of the King's English. We have traditionally had to look no farther than our neighbors. Now, if we ask to see our neighbor, his son might reply...
Answer: The objectivity of the national press goes right out the window. Or at least it does if the way the press has handled the Daniloff case and more recently the resignation of State Department spokesman Bernard Kalb are any indication...
Which brings us to the case of Bernard Kalb. The lesser known of the two televison correspondent brothers, Bernard has suddenly found himself a cause celebre among political journalists across the country. Kalb resigned a week ago after it was learned that the Reagan Administration had intentionally planted false stories about increased tensions with Libya to scare Col. Muammar Khadafy...
Colin Simpson said yesterday in a telephone interview from Surrey, England, that Harvard is claiming unjustly copyrights to what he said was previously undiscovered archival information used in his book on early 20th century art connoisseur Bernard Berenson (Class...
...University is trying to halt publication of his book, Simpson said, because Harvard University Press plans to publish in May, 1987, the second volume of Ernest Samuels' "Bernard Berenson: The Making of a Legend." Samuels is Berenson's official biographer...