Word: lord
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Professor of Scandinavian and Slavic Literature Albert B. Lord '34 cites an example of the "innovative way [Mitchell] approaches teaching the medieval texts." Lord says that Mitchell gives his students facsimile copies of Beowulf and encourages them to decipher the old text themselves, instead of simply examining a modern English translation...
Feinstein focuses his attention on several teams, ranging from Kansas to George Mason. He interviews famous coaches, such as N.C. State's Jim Valvano and Villanova's Lord Rollie, and not-so-famous coaches, like Tennessee's Don DeVoe and GMU's Rick Barnes...
...subject matter of The Mikado remains as pertinent today as a century ago. Crooked politicos and covert dealing abound. Ko-Ko (Steve Mooradian), sentenced to die for flirting, has managed to get himself promoted to the top of the criminal justice system--Lord High Executioner. All other functions of state fall under the aegis of the corrupt, sneering Pooh-Bah (Kenneth Bamberger). The regal Mikado (Anton Quist) makes certain that the "punishment fit the crime"--that ludicrous laws decapitate luckless lovers. Fortunately, palmgreasing and artful seduction prevent anyone from getting hurt...
Modern lyrics are inserted into the libretto, most notably in the Lord High Executioner's "They'll none of them be missed." Far from being distracting, these modifications are tremendously funny...
...left the British army in July 1945 and went to work for Arnold Toynbee at the Foreign Office research department. Gladwyn Jebb, now Lord Gladwyn, the Acting Secretary-General, was looking for a private secretary. Toynbee suggested...