Word: talese
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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SING HEAVENLY MUSE, sing strong and clear, Of Yules joyous and fair--Yules without peer; Celebrate families near and families far, Or loved ones held tight' neath a bright Christmas star; Why weep you muse? What tales do you tell? Do give us your news 'fore the midnight bell. His...
Americans have historically (with a touch of of overstatement) regarded themselves as the world's master exaggerators: spinners of all tall tales, an abundantly fabulous people, full of Whitman and vinegar. But this is probably mere cultural narcissism. Other people have spent many centuries perfecting their techniques of overstatment...
The Soviet Screwtape writes about listless and corrupt clergy in minute details that could only have been gleaned from a broad network of informants. The aging Archbishop of Stavropol (who died shortly after the report was written) receives special mention because his sermons are "quite brief and not very impressive...
A MINOR LEGEND enshrouds the birth of what has come to be known as "supply-side economics"; few subjects have proven more reliable sources of popular folklore than the discovery of great scientific laws, and so it befits the hyperseriousness of the apostles of this creed to spread the influence...
Fromex was started by Dr. Bruce Frome, a Los Angeles anesthesiologist who also develops condominiums, and his wife Dede, a fashion designer. Two years ago, a cousin visiting Toronto returned to Los Angeles with tales of a Japanese processor that turned out color prints within an hour. Intrigued, the Fromes...