Word: englisher
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...More important, we understand that his attentions are enough to restore her sense of her own worth, to bring her out of her temporary insanity. One might perhaps wish that Apted had not used a diffusion filter quite as often as he did (it sometimes seems the English fog has crept into almost every room his characters occupy), and that he had allowed a little more light to shine on some of his scenes. Nevertheless, and despite the Christie family's objections to this invasion of their historical privacy, this is a very nice movie: quietly, slyly witty, confident...
Elizabeth McKinsey, head tutor of the English Department, agreed with the council's defense of group tutorials yesterday, and pointed out that sophomore tutorials are most valuable when several students participate. Sophomore tutorials serve as an introduction for students to basic concepts in their concentration, she said. It is not until the junior year, as students begin to narrow their academic vision to more particular aspects of their study, that an individual tutorial becomes desirable, she added...
...English Library Interiors from Thomas Bodley to Horace Walpole--A.R.A. Hobson, author of "Great Libraries," Houghton Library...
Negotiating sessions generally consist of a morning meeting from 9 until noon, a break for lunch, then an hour or two in the afternoon; each session opens with a pot of steaming green tea. All are conducted in English, through an interpreter supplied by the Chinese. (Japanese businessmen complain that they face a greater language barrier than Americans, since many more Chinese speak English than Japanese.) Nonetheless, it is wise for Americans to bring their own interpreter, if they can find one skilled in both the Chinese language and U.S. business terms. Misunderstandings do occur; once some Boeing negotiators, slipping...
Einstein had enormous powers of concentration. When the wind died down while he was out sailing, he would whip out his notebook and do his calculations. Stymied by a thorny problem, he would tell his colleagues in accented English, "Now I will a little tink," pace slowly up and down, while twirling a lock of his unruly hair, or perhaps puff on his pipe, then suddenly erupt in a smile and announce a solution. Interrupted by parades of visitors to his Mercer Street house, he could resume his work almost as soon as they stepped out of his second-floor...