Word: talese
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
But if you're over the age of 18 (and under the age of 21) here are some other; more lurid, tales of adventure.
As a boy, Cosby learned that he could make people like him, and get his way, by making them laugh. He would con his mother out of a cookie by reprising a humorous radio show, and amuse his brothers by cooking breakfast with imaginative dashes of food coloring: purple waffles...
Perhaps no performer in history has chronicled his life cycle so thoroughly, or so publicly, as Bill Cosby. Certainly no one has been so successful at it. Even Cosby, a man fond of outsize cigars and outlandish hyperbole, would have trouble overstating the scope of his popularity. As main attraction...
Once upon a time . . . that fairy-tale phrase glistened with wonder luster. Children's imaginations were sparked by fantasy literature that placed all adventure -- fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles -- in the past tense. "Thrilling days of yesteryear!" "A long time ago in a galaxy...
Some political memoirs provide detailed inside accounts of major events, usually in ways that defend the author's historic role and wisdom. Others are more philosophical, reflecting on the lessons of a lifetime's dalliance with history. And then there are those that are amiable siftings through memory's scrapbook...