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Dick Cavett. British author Jan Morris (nee James Morris) explains why she underwent a sex change operation. Ch. 5, 12:30 a.m. 1 1/2 hours...

Author: By F. Briney, | Title: TELEVISION | 5/2/1974 | See Source »

...first descent of the Holy Spirit to enlighten the Apostles after Jesus' ascension into heaven. The "classical" Pentecostal denominations, like the Assemblies of God, grew up around the turn of the century and are by far the largest group-some 2.4 million in the U.S. alone. A "Nee-Pentecostal" movement has developed over the past 20 years within mainstream Protestant churches-Episcopal, Presbyterian, Lutheran-and is still spreading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Pentecostal Tide | 6/18/1973 | See Source »

...special language called Carnie, or ZLatin, which follows-and sometimes ignores-a complex set of rules for disguising the meaning of ordinary English. The word sucker, for instance, may be translated "see-a-zuk kee-a-zer," or simply "see-a-zuker," while carnival becomes "kee-a-zar nee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Carnie and the Mark | 5/28/1973 | See Source »

...version we saw, currently playing at the E.M. Loew's Fine Arts Cinema II in Portland, Me.--beneath the unpromising marquee "Directed by Inga Bergman"--everyone speaks English, except for Gould, who for all the world sounds like Charles Bronson in a Japanese shootem-up. And Bergman's sententious (nee "sensitive") English script pays no more attention to the way people really talk than Gould's jerky rendition pays to the way they screw. That about does it for the language...

Author: By Jeff Bergelson, | Title: The Touch | 11/10/1971 | See Source »

Muhammad Ali, nee Cassins Clay, alias Louisville Lip, will speak tonight at 8:30 p. m. in the IAB. The speech, sponsored by the Harvard Speakers Forum, is one of many Ali has been making since the "Fight of the Century...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ali Will Speak Tonight at IAB | 5/6/1971 | See Source »

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