Word: cressida
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...fall of 1960, the first production, Shakespeare’s “Troilus and Cressida,” premiered on the Loeb Mainstage and presented students with an enormous learning opportunity...
...Aboard the Dragon Train Fun is the first of the goals set by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, Dragon's directors and (with Will Davies) writers, for their version of the Cressida Cowell book. Their teen hero, Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel from She's Out of My League), is the underachieving son of a fierce Viking warlord, Stoick (300's very own Gerard Butler), whose tribe has been battling dragons for centuries. When Hiccup wounds an elusive creature called the Night Fury, no one believes him. Soon he tames, trains and learns to ride the beast, thus schooling...
...when one resides in a Viking village that is constantly being raided by hordes of dragons. Considering whether there are ways other than violence to approach this situation is not something that occurs to them. “How to Train Your Dragon,” based on the Cressida Cowell book of the same name, is the story of what happens when one boy comes up with an alternative solution to the town’s troubles. Thankfully, it’s also a movie in which the characters and script compensate for a formulaic plotline...
...Memories are short and people unforgiving. Before Toyota became a global presence, cars were unreliable and motors lasted a mere 100,000 km before a rebore. Toyota raised the standard to unprecedented heights. Now it has stumbled. I am willing to forgive and be grateful. I hope my 1985 Cressida will be recalled for its now broken window mechanism - its only fault. John Brandts-Giesen Rangiora, New Zealand...
Kenan Professor of English Marjorie Garber cited two of Shakespeare’s plays, The Merchant of Venice and Troilus and Cressida, to show how uncontextualized passages can lead to misinterpretation by the reader...