Word: stick
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...literature, any piece of work must fit certain well-defined canons by which it is recognizable. The literary arts present particular difficulties because their subject matter is about man, and no matter how radical one becomes one must always return back to universality and to man. Thus I must stick with man and his universality. At once, therefore, I recognize Afro-American literature to be universal in that it abides by the universal laws of literature and finds itself structured within the same general context of universal literature in that there is a classical period, a romantic period...
...both the blessing and the curse of musical revues that a few numbers and performers always stick out. Three women--Judy Banks, Tangee Griffin, and Sherri Hays--each had show-stealing songs. Banks's "Love You Madly" used a great bit of stage business, bringing the entire cast out from under a giant envelope onstage, but Banks's deep-chested, poignant singing elevated the song from cuteness. Griffin made "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" the model of a torch song, alone on stage with nothing but a non-functional microphone, a spotlight and her voice...
...expecting it," Shawn said of HEW. "Most bureaucrats are liars." But Califano did write that he would welcome her to Washington if she can stick by the rules until August. Will she be smoking by then? Said Shawn: "Are you kidding? Nobody will...
...have your choice of two different pastries to dip in your soup. The fried Chinese cruller is best. It's a foot-long stick of light, airy fried dough, and since it's not sweet, tastes good with either the sweet or plain soups. The other is mandarin pie, a leathery strip of dough with sesame seeds on top. Not as tasty as the cruller...
This month, the two leaders met once again, and once again promised cooperation. But this time the Carter administration should stick by its commitments to Mexico. On moral grounds, the U.S. should always treat its less powerful allies with the same respect it accords more influential nations. And in light of Mexico's discovery of vast reserves of oil and gas, the United States would certainly not be acting contrary to its own self-interest to give Mexico the respect it deserves...