Word: da
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...more successful is the "Great Name Dropper." This is almost good. Like many recent hits, the words are simple. The chorus consists of a series of "Da da da da da da" etc., sung energetically and quite convincingly. The verses, made up solely of assorted names, are less exciting, but the whole effect is favorable. "Shades" Felson's sax is properly guttural, and is reminiscent of a quacking duck. Delightful...
...extreme are a minority of diehard Stalinists, longing for the early postwar years when Communist partisans expectantly scrawled signs, "Ha da veni' Baffone"-Big Mustache (Stalin) is coming. They blame Khrushchev's coexistence politics for shattering the unity of the Soviet bloc. Togliatti's support of Khrushchev, says Senior Stalinist Mauro Scoccimarro, 66, has "created confusion within the party." Scorning Togliatti's parliamentary tactics, the Stalinists still prefer the revolutionary road to victory. Like Scoccimarro. most of the old guard are veterans of Mussolini's jails, but some are young toughs who shouted...
...Caribbean. Grace Lines this week launched its sleek new 14,000-ton Santa Magdalena, which will carry cargo and 127 passengers between New York and west coast ports in South America. So profitable is the cruise business in fact that even big transatlantic liners like the Leonardo da Vinci and the United States are being diverted for special vacation cruises during the winter season, and the French Line is "considering" cruises for the France...
When he finds himself on a collision course with a ferryboat. Captain Foglemayer sticks his head out of the window and hollers: "Get outa da way, ya punk!'' When he loses his broad overboard, he squalls: "Make a U-turn!" When he gets caught in a passing hurricane, he lashes himself to the wheel-which proceeds to spin like...
...Bloomsbury agnostic than the Hindu,† more 19th century radicalism than 20th century reality, all held together by arrogance. His feelings toward colonialism can be traced partly to his birthplace, the town of Calicut on the Malabar coast (now the state of Kerala). "I was born where Vasco da Gama made the first landing by a European in India," Menon says. But he is reluctant to talk about his youth. "I have no past, have no journals or diaries. When I die, I want to leave nothing behind." Son of a lawyer, he was sent...