Word: rhyming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...well do you remember the events of 1977 as reported in The Harvard Crimson? This ten-question quiz should jog your memory!! (Reading time: 6 minutes, 38 seconds) Answer-sequences that mirror the rhyme scheme of Milton's "Paradise Lost" will be considered for a a special prize. Fill in the answer sheet below, do not leave any stray marks, and return immediately to the Educational Testing Service, Box 000, Princeton, New Jersey, with a $30 non-refundable fee and three proof-of-purchase receipts from Coop sidewalk sales...
...sophisticate's sophisticate, Porter was perhaps the closest U.S. equivalent to Noël Coward, yet not quite his equal. Though Porter was a wily wizard of rhyme, he lacked some of the inventive fun of Coward's lines. Despite Porter's infatuation with what he called the "rich-rich," he is less intercontinental than Coward. His true territorial imperative was Broadway. The propellent force in his songs is to reach and grab a New York audience. In this production, the women clearly outshine the men. Each has a distinct personality in manner and voice. Maureen Moore...
...Gardner, "the discovery is an event of significance not only for Carrollians, but for anyone interested in language, humor, the adventures of Alice or, for that matter, wasps." The insect in question is a rheumatic old party who speaks in allusions and complains in rhyme...
...Reinig's Quiz-in-Rhyme...
...highly readable account of how he coaxed his students along. Since most of them had worked as domestic or blue-collar workers and had little knowledge of poetry, Koch started with the same introductory techniques that he had tried in the children's classroom. He de-emphasized rhyme and meter, encouraged repetition of words and phrases ("a slight artificiality to teach them to put things together in a new way," says Koch). He always suggested themes, like growing old or silence or the color green. Assisted by Kate Farrell, a young poet and student at Columbia, Koch had each...