Word: englishes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...brief, businesslike address to the country, speaking first in Afrikaans and then in English, Vorster, 62, declared that he was quitting his post as well as the leadership of the right-wing National Party, which has dominated South African politics for 30 years. He gave no reason, though his resignation had been widely rumored because of his failing health (he reportedly suffers from lung congestion and an embolism in his leg). But he made one thing plain: "I leave this office with no regrets whatsoever...
...letter word when musky-voiced Lynnie Godfrey smolders through such numbers as Daddy and I'm Craving for That Kind of Love. Looking like an iridescent flapper from the '20s, Ethel Beatty makes Memories of You a heartbreak blues. Just about the entire cast puts sizzling bawdy English into If You've Never Been Vamped by a Brownskin, You've Never Been Vamped at All. Miss Aggie apparently taught Eubie more than he could ever forget...
...show as "Oliver in drag," but audiences from New York to London have adored this musical based on the '30s Little Orphan Annie comic strip. American history and political science concentrators should note with interest the portrayal of ultra-rich industrialist Daddy Warbucks as FDR's old pal. English and Slavic lit. concentrators, likewise, should note the Lolita-like flavor of Annie's and Daddy's relationship. The rest of us can enjoy the Christmas tree. The box office number, if you're twisted enough to want to see this...
NUCLEAR COSTS. Says David Cromie of Chicago's antinuclear Citizens for a Better Environment: "The most damning word in the English language is 'uneconomic.' " Foes charge that nuclear power plants cost more to build than, say, coal-burning plants, running more than $800 per kw, vs. around $700 for coal. They also argue that nukes operate well below their projected capacities, making the power they generate even costlier...
...very good, especially by Jeff Conaway as a goodhearted, struggling actor-cabbie and Marilu Henner as the one female driver of the bunch. In more standard comic turns, Saturday Night Live Regular Andy Kaufman brings a saving sweetness to the garage mechanic, who speaks his own variety of fractured English. Danny De Vito barks his way through the role of the dispatcher with a Runyonesque brio. Like the other outstanding show of the new season, WKRP in Cincinnati, Taxi is the handiwork of Mary Tyler Moore alumni. Why doesn't someone give these people a network of their very...