Word: learnedness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Born in Austin to deaf-mute parents, Thornberry used sign language until he was three, when he first learned to talk. When he was an infant, William and Mary Thornberry slept in shifts so that one could always keep a vigil beside his cradle, since neither could hear Homer'...
WE HAVE learned about hypocrisy and perhaps think too much of ourselves for having unveiled the forked tongue of the Establishment. We have, like each new batch of rebels, tried to tickle the testicles of society in order to shake something loose, inject a little jism, a hopeful seed into...
"Well, if there are those among you who'd like to make a more modest contribution, then the Wallace Girls will pass you with the buckets. You can place what you'd like in the buckets. Also, we have learned that the Governor is on his way here now and...
The lesson seems to be learned. The target is shifting, but it might be too late for this summer. Nearly everyone has gone home.
Polanski's overrated Knife in the Water was at least well-paced and slick, exuding an unpretentious formalism we happily like to associate with good committed art. Since then, the money increased, Hollywood beckoned, Polanski learned English, and his films have apparently fallen into every cinematic pitfall readily available. Repulsion...