Word: mixes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Plots to William Shakespeare were as pots to a busy wizard-any old tub, begged, borrowed or stolen, would do to mix the magic in. In The Tempest, for instance, the plot is the tired old story about a nobleman, bilked of his estates, who takes refuge on a distant island, and mild revenge on his enemies when they are shipwrecked there. Yet in this common vessel, Shakespeare stirred a wizard's brew of steaming language and the rich juice of 30 years' experience; the mixture mulled, at the last stir of the action, into a fine philosophical...
...minor dispute of late: whether the Network should be partially a social organization or entirely a business one. The latter camp is in power at present, with the result that no potent beverages are allowed on the premises; a tacit ruling points out that beer and announcing do not mix...
Paternalism is a smear word. Harvard doesn't pat its students on the head, doesn't outfit their play pens, doesn't sit down with them for fatherly advice. But a Yale student might mix an incisive metaphor and say this; in trying to avoid paternalism, Harvard leans over backwards so far that it falls flat on its face...
Ernie Young scored the first goal on a shot from a mix-up in front of the goal during the second period. In the third period, left outside Juan Vollenwelder scored the second goal on center forward Griff Buttrick's perfect cross-field pass...
Asked by a Washington reporter to comment on the partition of Ireland, Britain's Minister of Defense Emanuel Shinwell snorted: "I do not intend to mix in U.S. domestic politics...