Word: englishness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...committee of English department chairmen from three universities has awarded one of theatre criticism's most prestigious prizes to a well-known director and professor of English at Harvard...
...sacrificed greater vigilance against illegal aliens for what was considered a generous amnesty offer, provided the aliens registered by May 1988. But only a brave 6 percent of the expected applicants had taken advantage of the offer by November, the halfway point. Illegal immigrants, especially non-English speaking ones, are scared; for them the INS is an institution set up to prosecute them, to return them to places where they would be in great danger...
...light of this, you might think on your drive down the highway that those billboard signs are not the most appropriate means of convincing illegals to get in touch with the INS. An English message in harsh colors spelling out threateningly "Don't get left behind," visible only to those with cars and legal driver's licenses is a big waste of advertising space. Is it possible that the INS does not realize this? Or do they not want too many people to notice the signs...
...coincidence that Collier's Short View of the Stage came out in 1698. Today, the play is recognized as being, in the words of one critic, "Congreve's masterpiece, the finest English achievement in the comedy of manners." Whatever the merits of the production being reviewed, the writer of this review should not distort facts to suit glibness. But then again...
Performing on a mix of originals and reproductions, Norrington's 80-player ensemble is made up of London free-lancers, many of whom also play in similar bands like the Academy of Ancient Music and the English Concert. In rehearsal, he leads his players with forceful gestures, cries of encouragement and vivid, running pictorial images that mirror the music's story. "It was only a passing shower," he tells the strings in the Fantastique's adagio. "Now you might live again . . . supposing she is with somebody else . . . you're exhausted . . . what Berlioz says about this part is that the drums...