Word: mum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Green simply dislikes administrative work and prefers the academic side of Harvard life, he should say so. If Green and Rudenstine differ over how to run the University, they should just admit it--it's nothing to be ashamed of. But the longer they keep mum, and refuse to give us a legitimate reason for the Provost's departure, the more their reticence raises questions...
...other city councillors are mum--that'spathetic," Kaufman said...
...while others only had to work for half an hour for half a cent, and the people who worked all day were supposed to be happy. Or, worse yet, there is the one about the younger sibling who runs away with half the money but when he returns, his mum and dad throw him a party and make his older brother share what's left. Now, as an older sibling, I know that's just not fair...
...year that has taken its toll on the entire family. Diana threw herself into her many charities, but she kept some distance from Buckingham Palace. It was hard to know who was dissing whom. The Princess was conspicuously absent from Trooping the Color in June and the Queen Mum's birthday in August...
This will only be seen as a "feelgood" movie bythose who can thank their stars that they're notBritish. But Leigh somehow manages to steer clearof unmitigated pessimism. There are some greatone-liners, for example Vivien's classic blunder:"I would like to propose a toast to mum's birthday'cos it may be her last." There is also, inCyril's enduring idealism and his tenderness forboth Shirley and his mother, a reminder of theimportance of maintaining "high hopes...