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Word: overread (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...story is from the legend of Orpheus. Nicholas Urfe (Michael Caine), an overread, underbred London dropout, accepts a teaching job on a Greek island. In Caine's adroit impersonation, Urfe explores sensuality from Alfie to Zeta, but along the way he stumbles into a labyrinthine underworld presided over by an occult genius-The Magus. His journey begins one day when he finds a book of poems open to the lines from Little Gidding. They are to become the theme of his life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Movies: Orpheus Now | 12/20/1968 | See Source »

RIGHT. Is it Dewey Threwey or Duway Thruway? Might as well edge up to 70. Everybody knows speedometers overread. NO BICYCLES OR PEDESTRIANS ALLOWED...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: ODE TO THE ROAD | 9/10/1965 | See Source »

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