Word: fidlerism
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WILLIAM P. FIDLER General Secretary American Association of University Professors Washington...
...Dryden quotation from Absalom and Achitophel goes on: Stiff in Opinions, always in the wrong; Was Everything by starts, and Nothing long; But, in the course oj one revolving Moon, Was Chymist, Fidler, Statesman, and Buffoon...
...cannot call his Tongue his own, he can scarce call any Thing else his own"). But entertainment always had priority on instruction. None of the humor would draw a belly laugh today, though it was probably uproarious at the time; e.g., "We are informed that one Piles a Fidler, with his Wife, were overset in a Canoo near Newtown Creek. The good Man, 'tis said, prudently secur'd his Fiddle, and let his Wife go to the Bottom...
Kirkland is led by George Jacobs, Harold Sadowsky, and 6-foot 4-inch John Fidler...
...National Kids Day Foundation, Inc., a West Coast organization headed by Hollywood Gossipist Jimmy Fidler, collected $3,978,000 in five years, disbursed a total of $302,000 for charitable purposes. The rest-82% of the take-went into the pockets of professional fundraisers (Fidler receives no salary). Whimpered Fidler: "It seems like they're picking on us for publicity...