Word: entertainments
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...months later, Hookes signed up with the rebels during Kerry Packer?s cricket revolution. In the ?Come on, Aussie, come on? era of Super Tests and colorful clothing, he became a drawcard for Australian fans. Hookes walked onto the ground with a simple plan: to entertain and give value to the punters who had paid $5 to come to the ground. That may sound quaint nowadays, but back then sincerity could not be faked in front of the zinc-creamed kids who packed the country?s pulsating sports arenas. Or the TV viewers in its lounge rooms. As cricket began...
Whether you're a native speaker or far from fluent, you'll find that these recent books on the English language - its history, use and abuse - will entertain and instruct: The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language. Melvyn Bragg's engrossing tale of the evolution of the language of Shakespeare, from its origins as a minor Germanic dialect to 21st century ubiquity. The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary.Simon Winchester serves up a fascinating account of the colorful cast of characters responsible for the epic compilation. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach...
...drew direct inspiration from the Holocaust. "To keep up the purity of the nation and its culture, Germany shocked the world by her purging of its Semitic races?the Jews," he once wrote. "National pride at its highest has been manifested here ... The non-Hindu people in Hindustan must entertain no idea but glorification of the Hindu race and culture, claiming nothing, deserving no privileges...
Before leaving his room at the sound of each alarm, Jeremy N. King ’04 said that he makes sure to entertain the rest of his entryway...
...There was a lot of concern [from] my colleagues in the language departments about the specifics of the proposal,” Benhabib told The Yale Daily News. “I did not like the fact that the committee was so defensive and that they did not entertain enough objections and counterarguments...