Word: spoilsport
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Twelfth Night (by William Shakespeare; produced by Roger Stevens) has its immortal virtues-speeches filled with fragrance, bewitching songs. In Viola it has a charming heroine; in Malvolio, "sick of self-love," a monumental pompous ass. To him, as a huffing spoilsport, is addressed one of Shakespeare's crispest queries: "Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?" To him, by a frisking clown, is tossed some of Shakespeare's tersest wisdom: "There is no darkness but ignorance." And nowhere more than in Twelfth Night can a lovely moment suddenly leap...
...Spoilsport. In Raleigh, N.C., the state legislature pondered a bill that would prohibit the use of dynamite for entertainment purposes in fun-loving Bertie County...
...colleagues. One of his bosses once told him: "Ye're a bit too gude for this worrld, young man; but ye'll have a fine time in the next one. I've nae doot." Even Author Sinclair calls his hero "a wet blanket, a killjoy, a spoilsport, a mollycoddle." "He had to be," explains Author Sinclair. You will probably not be sorry to learn that Kip was finally shot, in line of duty. Maggie May went right on lecturing, with another big talking point...