Word: latinized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Then Latin 2A "Students taking this course will be well advised to opt for Dr. Lambros's section. He is arguably the liveliest teacher in the department...
Speaking the scholarly language of the day, Latin, was never a problem, though, for the young men who ended up here-they were admitted because of their ability to read and understand Tully, Virgil and other "ordinary classical authors," to say nothing of the Greeks...
...befitting "their parents," Schollars could not speak in the presence of the president, tutors, fellows or other superior types, and no "disorderly gainsaying" was permitted. Anyone chanting "Derek Bok, get the word, this is not Johannesburg," could also expect strict censure, especially if he forgot to translate it into Latin...
...long as you met a few simple requirements. Although Harry Elkins Widener '07's ill-fated ride on the Titanic had not yet led his mother to urge the institution of the obligatory swimming test, degree candidate did have to fulfill the far simpler requirement of translating into Latin the Old and New Testaments--from their original Greek form...
...this point, the novel assumes all the surrealistic proportions of a Latin American novel. Much of the book, in fact, has the quality of being oversized, larger than life. Pain and desperation loom hellishly large yet remain real enough so that they can hurt and relieve at once. There is something enormously energetic and liberating about a book that teeters on the edge of familiar life and grandiose invention. Knopf claims "Eberstadt is a writer to watch." Even more, she is a writer to read...