Word: englishman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unofficial repository of the puzzle's lore. An English postal engineer wrote him to report that cube playing had reduced his office's efficiency to zero, but that "being a government department, no one noticed." A Whitehall bureaucrat pleaded with him to supply the solution, since the Englishman's entire computer department was working on the puzzle...
...words and images that owe something to Jasper Johns, something to James Rosenquist. The most conspicuous new practitioner is a Texan named Vernon Fisher, 37, the only artist represented in all three shows. But political content hardly appears at all. The sole artist concerned with it is an Englishman, Conrad Atkinson (Hirsh-horn), who makes ferocious indictments-by-assemblage over such issues as Northern Ireland and asbestos poisoning of workers. His accumulations of data-letters, text panels, photos of graffiti and so on-undergo very little aesthetic transformation, but they have an undeniable forensic power...
...that I did not take part in actions in January urging people not to register, because, as a foreigner. I would not have to make such a decision myself. Regardless of one's citizenship, the introduction of registration is detrimental to world peace. Therefore, even the most parochial Englishman can be emotionally committed on the registration issue. Therefore, even the most parochial Englishman can be emotionally committed on the registration issue. Therefore, even though I am English, I do find the issue extremely important, on an emotional as well as political level. Tom Canel...
...NOTEBOOK: When Sappey beat teammate Bott to the wall in the 200-yd. backstroke, it marked the Englishman's first loss in North America in that event. Because he had already swum three events and was only an unofficial entry in the race, however, Bott argues that his showing does not count and leaves his record unblemished... The second event of the afternoon was supposed to be the 1000-yd. freestyle, but Hackett, Countryman and Ted Chappell decided that they needed some practice in the 1650-yd. free as well. Thus after finishing 1-2-3 in the official race...
Jawharlal Nehru is reported to have said in private that independence did not remove British control over his country's politics as he would be the last Englishman to rule India. Educated at Harrow and Cambridge, he took the reins of the nationalist movement following the death of Mohandas K. Gandhi, also educated in England. Nehru's daughter, Indira Gandhi, educated at Oxford, became prime minister in 1966, two years after the death of her father. Dom Moraes, an Indian journalist based in London and also educated at Oxford, wrote Mrs. Gandhi's biography, while claiming to have little familiarity...