Word: teas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...destiny of Thomas Hardy, a quiet little man whose principal excitement consisted of a bicycle ride followed by afternoon tea, to remind his fellow Victorians of an England darker and madder than anything in literature since Lear roamed the heath. The novelist made contemporary by film (Tess) and television (The Mayor of Casterbridge) was born in 1840 in a remote Dorset village. There, farmers, shepherds and artisans lived in a kind of Elizabethan time warp. But something dour and reductive in this son of a stone mason drove him back beyond morris dances to a pagan Britain haunted by ancient...
...their doors and ask them a few earnest questions about their parishes. They're normally quite pleased to invite me in for a little discussion. Then, when they turn away--to consult a text or something--I just..."--he raises his eyebrows conspiratorially--"...slip a little poison into their tea...
...eager group of Anniversary Scholars representing many distant parts of the U.S.A., of which we were very proud. In groups, we were invited to Dean Brown's house for tea or after dinner coffee. This was a white house on the Appian Way, that tiny street so unlike its namesake...
...enough to offer the troops mutton broth, but are probably considerate enough not to offer them sheep's brains fritters, an island specialty and clearly an acquired taste. There was a widely distributed picture in Britain of Regimental Sergeant Major Laurie Ashbridge sipping from a mug of hot tea handed him by some smiling San Carlos women and children, shown leaning on a fence. When Ashbridge's wife Mandy saw the picture at her home in Tidworth, Hampshire, she remarked, "He never says no to a nice cuppa. "Tractors and Land Rovers have been offered freely...
...Dustin Hoffman, 44. In Tootsie, the actor renowned for his demanding perfectionism plays an actor so renowned for his demanding perfectionism that he finally has to go into distaff disguise to get a part. Tales of Hoffman's adventures in the role abound. At Manhattan's Russian Tea Room on a lunch break, Hoffman-still in costume and makeup-stopped by the table of an old friend, Public Relations Man John Springer. Dustin introduced himself as Dorothy Michaels, an aspiring post-ingénue from Kansas City. Says Springer, who did not twig...