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Word: brits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Tigers can claw from all sides. Led by Brit Dewey, the Princeton defense will challenge the tremendous offensive trio of Co-Captain Char Joslin, Lisa Cutone, and Landau...

Author: By Juan Plascencia, | Title: Stickwomen to Host Princeton in ECACs | 11/4/1989 | See Source »

...Brit Dewey is an outstanding sweeper," Caples said. "She is probably the backbone of the team...

Author: By Juan Plascencia, | Title: Stickwomen to Host Princeton in ECACs | 11/4/1989 | See Source »

...trite. It is almost as if this supermole wanted to demystify his own legend, making double agentry seem as banal as bartending. The impression of ordinariness is reinforced by his chatty letters to Knightley, which are cited in extenso. Philby comes across as a slightly dotty old Brit, complaining about how hard it is to find "bilambees" (an Indian vegetable) in Moscow and fuming about the "preposterous" radio commentaries of "the BBC's own Smarty Cooke, Alistair of that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Supermole | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

...work as comedy--in order for each mistaken identity and preposterous coincidence to work, and in order for Wilde's infamous epigrams to strike the proper chord--actors' timing and enunciation must be absolutely flawless. This is where the mannered performances come in. Instead of being annoying, the pseudo-Brit accents tighten the dialogue and actually make each word shimmer...

Author: By Glenn Slater, | Title: In Wild Earnest | 4/14/1989 | See Source »

...LILAC TIME: THE LILAC TIME (Mercury). Bouncy, folk-tinged Brit pop, with jagged political subtext. Return to Yesterday has the jubilant rhythm and incidental melancholy of prime Simon and Garfunkel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Feb. 27, 1989 | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

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