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Word: chaplinish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...parents: "I am afraid that this will be a blow to you but I assure you not nearly as severe a blow as it is to me." The thorny carapace that later became so famous grew out of his suffering: "I was getting into a sort of Charlie Chaplinish Pagliacci attitude to myself as the man with a tragedy in his life and a tender smile for children. So all that must stop." And in 1930 he converted to Roman Catholicism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Beneath the Thorny Carapace | 10/13/1980 | See Source »

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