Word: franca
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Martial law, blocked satellite transmissions and a dearth of reliable sources are all part of a very long day's work. -- TV has made English the lingua franca of protest...
Once the lingua franca of the civilized world, Latin today is little more than the fusty muttering of academics, historians and (some) priests. But in Rome a team of linguists led by top Latin scholar Abbot Carlo Egger is working to rectify that unspeakable state of linguistic affairs...
...occasions. So it was a sign of the heady mood in Brazzaville, the capital of Congo, that Botha broke out the good stuff last week. Botha and his fellow negotiators, who included U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Chester Crocker, Angolan Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Antonio dos Santos Franca and Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada, were celebrating the signing of a historic protocol calling for independence for Namibia and the withdrawal of all Cuban troops from Angola. "A new era has begun," proclaimed Botha, who used the moment to strike a conciliatory note toward South Africa...
...sees a "widespread sense of moral disarray." Once, notes Bryn Mawr Political Scientist Stephen Salkever, "there was a traditional language of public discourse, based partly on biblical sources and partly on republican sources." But that language, says Salkever, has fallen into disuse, leaving American society with no moral lingua franca. Agrees Jesuit Father Joseph O'Hare, president of Fordham University: "We've had a traditional set of standards that have been challenged and found wanting or no longer fashionable. Now there don't seem to be any moral landmarks...
...drama and focus. And what possessed Nureyev to dredge the swans' lake? In this version they must invade the castle to get into the action at all. There are still things to admire in this work, including the attractive corps de ballet and the exquisite tutus, designed by Franca Squarciapino. Washington Square, set to Charles Ives' music, is a complete fiasco, 70 minutes of bombastic, step- ridden choreography, including another inflated role, the father, often danced by Nureyev. As choreographer, he opened out James' tale of emotional suffocation by adding such empty flourishes as a street band, a corps...