Word: nay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Nay-saying aside, however, The Changeling is credible dramatic fare. Brustein's masterful revision of the musty script warrants praise. Too bad he wasn't confident enough of his audience to let his rewrite run without all the oblations to trendiness. There should be a place at the ART for mainstream theatre that doesn't seek to break the sound barrier for its utter chic-ness. That is, if the professor doesn't mind putting aside his textbook on cornering the Latest Thing market...
...most frightening manifestation of this dread disease is what I've come to call temperature mania." It's that everwhelming desire, nay passion, to know the exact temperature in both Fahrenhett and Celsius. The worth of everyday comes to be measured in degrees and the mention of rain can throw a damper (pun intended) on the entire week Forget papers, studying for finals, even extracurriculars. What really counts is that it is sunny and warm and the smell of spring...
...would say "Enos Cabell is a we ballplayer. You don't hear Enos Cabell saying 'I did this' and 'I did that.'" I think that's what drives me nuts about Sparky Anderson, that he's so full of brown stuff that it doesn't seem like he has nay words left over for a basic fundamental understanding of the game. I want to look as a player on the basis of what, specifically, he can and cannot do to help you win a baseball game, but Sparky's to full of "winners" and Sparky's so full of "winners...
...conservatism. Indeed, prolific conservatives like George F. Will and William F. Buckley Jr. don't waste their intelligence and industry refuting complex liberal notions. Rather, they devote their considerable intellects to the definition and explanation of the even more complex conservative philosophy--a much more significant pursuit than simple nay-saying...
...surrender as a victory of sarcasm or love or something else. But director of this play as an unbridled assault of headstrong machismo against virtuous female independence, and tries "to image a Katherina who is truly made submissive, who really relinquishes her will, who is just as broken as nay hunting falcon or busted bronce...