Word: nits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...conjectures are "disease," "disseize," "defeat," and "dis-ease." I myself like to understand "chair" (which was pronounced "cheer" then), with which "disseat" makes perfect sense. Houseman too settles on "chair" but follows it up with "unseat," which is obviously not acceptable. But let me spare you this ped-antic nit-picking, if you are still with...
Needless to say, people like that are missing the point. Concerts, especially those of such uncompromising selectivity of programming and meticulousness of performance as Harvard's summer series, exist not for the final approval or disapproval of nit-picking musical Eumenides but for the expanded artistic experience and possibly edification...
...Europe and indeed of the world, for decades to come." The decision was, of course, that of Britain to apply for membership in the Common Market for a second time. Four years ago the Tories applied, and were rudely vetoed by Charles de Gaulle after nine months of nit-picking negotiations in Brussels over such items as East Indian tanned hides and Australian kangaroo meat. In his speech to Parliament, Wilson made it plain that this time Britain's approach to Europe would be far different - and far more to the point...
...Henry Livings, is about Valentine Brose. He lives in a boiler room. He is a nit. His wife lives in there too. She is a nut. He is funny. She is funny. So is the play...
...nit. His wife lives in there...