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Word: sirs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hello, sir," I said. "I'd like to interview...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Troubles in Toyland | 12/9/1981 | See Source »

...sorry about the elves, sir. How are the reindeer...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Troubles in Toyland | 12/9/1981 | See Source »

THERE ARE, if recent productions are any indication, two ways to stage The Pirates of Penzance today. One is to find a couple of sultry rock and roll sexpots to sing the leads, tinkering around with Sir Arthur Sullivan's score a little to make the romantic Victorian solos sound more like "It's So Easy to Fall in Love." The other is to follow the sturdy set of schticks that has been handed down virtually unchanged over the years since the operetta's debut a century ago with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. To his credit, Paul...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: Prudence at Penzance | 12/8/1981 | See Source »

...owes its survival up to now to recent steps taken by BL Chairman Sir Michael Edwardes, 51. The South African-born boss has attempted to turn this ward of the state into a well-run and profitable company by closing plants and slashing the work force by at least 25,000 workers. But the attempts of Edwardes to reform BL may have run into an impasse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Those BL Blues | 12/7/1981 | See Source »

Addressing a crowd of about 150 people at the Kennedy School of Government, Sir Rov Shaw, secretary-general of the Arts Council of Great Britain (ACGB), said, "The principal source of art subsidy should be the state...

Author: By Daniel J. Jones, | Title: Shaw on the Arts | 12/1/1981 | See Source »

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