Word: phrasings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...women's hoopsters do not believe in moderation. Friday night they lost to nationally ranked Villanova by 40 points. Saturday afternoon they came back to beat Williams College by nearly the same margin, 85-47. There is a phrase, "feast or famine...
Marxistka, a terms that literally means a woman who embraces Marxist political beliefs, has come to mean, in the Moscow vernacular, a prostitute who walks Marx Avenue in Moscow. Another phrase which originally meant 'to change views to keep in line with the party line,' has taken on a new connotation. It now refers to a conformist who adheres to the party line, fluctuating even as the party line shifts...
Toward the end of the play, Austin strangles Lee to death. After a long, seemingly terminal pause, Lee rises. But is he alive, or is he the essence of "agen-bite of inwit," James Joyce's phrase for the nagging remorse of a sinfully burdened conscience? To murder a brother is to create a relentless scourge...
...Salieri, Ian McKellen is less secure than Paul Scofield, who played this role in London. He lacks Scofield's ability to make a syllable wince or engorge a phrase with acrid humor. More important, McKellen does not make Salieri's early vows of purity plausible. Thus his desired revenge against both God and Mozart verges on lago's malign spirit. No cast under Peter Hall's direction ever fails to glisten with finesse, force and impeccable timing. Jane Seymour plays Mozart's wife Constanze warmly and fetchingly. Nicholas Kepros must also be singled...
...lived through all the political campaigns," he recalls, "either as a member of the work team..."His voice trails off; he would rather not complete the sentence with the phrase "or as a victim." "I'm not a professional revolutionary," he jokes, "I am a good-for-nothing intellectual...