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...Macoute," a Haitian term for a bad man, "maginnis," an Australian wrestling hold and "mack," meaning a smooth, seductive talker have been deemed official English words by the venerable Oxford English Dictionary...
...when he finally switched from Oxford don to Hulk Hogan, Bradley went too much against type. He and Gore both looked like the Bickersons, but Bradley was judged by a higher standard. Instead of concentrating on issues ("I did vote for flood relief"), he went personal ("My opponent is a liar, and he hit me first...
...having its U.S. East Coast premiere at Philadelphia's Wilma Theater, is no exception. Eloquent and witty, it's also intellectually challenging. On one level, the play is about A. E. Housman, the Victorian poet (A Shropshire Lad) and scholar, at age 77 dreaming he has returned to the Oxford of his youth. It's also about the love of language and the language of love (i.e., the earliest Latin love poetry). There are some snooze-inducing stretches dealing with English academe, but overall the deeply rewarding Wilma production sparkles...
Bill Bradley was born in 1943 in Crystal City, Mo., where he lived until he left to attend college at Princeton University. There, he was a star on the school's basketball team. After graduation in 1965, he attended Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship. He then had a successful 10 year career in the National Basketball Association, playing as guard for the New York Knicks. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame...
Seabrook is in a unique position to plot the contours of the Nobrow landscape. He's the kind of guy, he lets us know while not really boasting, who can decant wine, went to Oxford, dresses in Helmut Lang and agnes b., and who uses the term "arbiters elegantiae" repeatedly, while calling his father's wardrobe a "hegemonic succubus." But he's also enamored of the oeuvre of the late rapper Notorious B.I.G. and wears Haitian T shirts. He's a citizen of Nobrow...