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Word: sip (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unconvincing stereotyping that pervades the film. Intent on criticizing the stuffiness and conservatism of the British aristocracy, director Hudson seemingly has forgotten that any portrayal--particularly a negative one--requires detail to convince. But detail does not appear. Instead, scenes flash by disjointedly: Gielgud and his colleague sip port and discuss school spirit; the Prince of Wales languorously puffs a cigarette and tries to convince Liddell to run the preliminary heat on Sunday "for the love of country...

Author: By Deborah K. Holmes, | Title: Running on Empty | 10/29/1981 | See Source »

...program," Chapus said. A big brother to three kids from the Kings School and Agassiz School in Cambridge, Chapus sees his friends once a week. "I take them to dinner at Winthrop House, or a movie or a Bruins game. What actors little kids are. You give them one sip of beer and they pretend that they are drunk--but it really makes their...

Author: By Peter G. Wilcox, | Title: Mark Chapus: A Convert to Track | 6/3/1981 | See Source »

...planned to see the place in action, bustling with down vests and hockey sticks and sparkling in a December snow shower. The fires would be dancing in gloomy libraries, where weathered sages gathered to discuss Tennyson and sip sherry. Upstairs the husky captains of the guys' and girls' swimming teams would be making love frantically, faintly worrying about how to explain their absence to the coach. In front of the headmaster's residence two little children, a boy and girl indistinguishable from each other in their cordurov overalls and knit hats, would romp with an aging golden retriever named Mayflower...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Yes Indeed, Quite Different | 4/21/1981 | See Source »

...have made it possible to dine on royal wedding place mats, sew with commemorative thimbles and dry royal couple plates with royal couple tea towels, a steal at $3.30. Smokers can light up with Charles and Diana lighters and extinguish butts in C & D ash trays. Tea drinkers can sip from a C & D mug, pour cream from a C & D jug, add sugar with a keepsake teaspoon. Di fans can purchase a copy of her famous décolleté dress for $150-one-tenth the price of the original-and store it on a Lady Di hanger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rushing for Royal Profits | 4/20/1981 | See Source »

...well as their individual solo and teaching careers, Cohen, Greenhouse and Pressler remain the warmest and most personable of men. After their Harvard appearances, which are sponsored by the Winthrop House Music Society, the trio often holds a reception for students at Winthrop. Usually the liveliest people there, they sip coffee, greet fans, and chat with students as naturally and with as much real interest as they demonstrate on stage. As Tom Johnson, director of the Winthrop concert series, puts it, "These guys are incredible! They catch a plane at seven in the morning, travel across country, rehearse, play...

Author: By David J. Waldstein, | Title: Freshness and Decent Living | 3/16/1981 | See Source »

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