Word: raining
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Charles, this is crazy! Did you come in your curricle? What if it should begin to rain again? I shall be drenched...
...silly to criticize a movie for not being faithful to a perverse and distasteful novel. But it is equally ridiculous to spend time at a movie that insists-as its source really did not-that torture can be a lovely, romantic experience akin to a walk in the spring rain. Oddest of all is the success with which the film is luring viewers of both sexes. Women's lib, where are you when we need...
...other, and for a while the men in each group were afraid they were the sole survivors. On the forward deck, rescue crews carried wounded and burned men to a comparatively safe area in front of the missile housing, where they lay on the deck in a cold, drizzling rain...
...classic Yiddishisms as "You vont that I should... "remain, they sound thoroughly plausible within the greater framework of this film. Mrs. Kavarsky is the film's greatest source of acerbic Yiddish wit, with such comments as "You can't pee up my back and make me think it's rain." She is the archetypal yente, always offering advice and sticking her nose in her neighbors' affairs. In spite of this, she remains a likeable character. As much as she pries into others' business--and this is a measure of how Hester Street avoids callous stereotyping--she still has their interests...
HARVARD-YALE--If you look at trends in recent years, then Harvard (which lost 35-0 in the rain at Yale just a few seasons back) is in for a long afternoon. There is no logical way to figure this game, so it's not even worth trying. I hope Harvard wins. Harvard 31, Yale...