Word: sirs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...works on the audience's patience. Sheridan milks his characters for everything they're worth, which isn't more than a few idiosyncrasies. And the plot's chaotic entanglements are as predictable as the first few tricky moves of a cat's cradle. The rivals, Bob Acres and Sir Lucius O'Trigger, vie for the hand of lovely Lydia Languish, who remains cloistered under the guardianship of her old-maid aunt, Mrs. Malaprop. Disguised as Ensign Beverly, Captain Absolute has already secretly won Lydia's favor, but when his father, Anthony Absolute arranges his marriage to Lydia using his real...
Some people call it a gentlemanly, sociable game. All the players call the referee "sir," and a keg of beer waits on ice at the side of the field. Both teams and the referee drink to friendship after the game...
...Sir / It is not my habit to write to papers after reading reviews of my books. But after coming across the one by Martha Duffy on my novel The Eye of the Storm [Jan. 14], in which she refers to me as "living in Sydney with several dogs and a male housekeeper," I feel I must draw your attention to an incorrect, and I should have thought gratuitous, biographical detail. The distinguished and universally respected man who has given me his friendship and moral support over a period of 34 years has never been a housekeeper. I am that...
...Sir / Concerning your article on "Men of the House" [Feb. 18]: the terms "housewife" and "househusband" are all right if you insist on being specific, but "house-spouse" has much to offer as an all-purpose replacement...
...wars. Published in the U.S. in 1930-with Švejk spelled Schweik-the book, illustrated by Josef Lada, became a bestseller. The editors of that day discreetly excised more than one-third of the text, because of Švejk-Schweik's scatological expressions. This new version by Sir Cecil Parrott of the University of Lancaster translates every excremention that Švejk is prone...