Word: tilled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that. I knew I could give it to them, but I realize it made me a little arrogant about my own style. It was all too easy. The whole titillation I've always felt about the unknown -- of seeing that tree outside my bedroom window and shutting the drapes till morning -- was taken away from me. And I got scared. I don't want to see where I'm going...
North Point's original projection of first-year sales was 15,000. There are now more than 150,000 hard-cover copies in print. "It was a pleasure to be wrong," Turnbull admits. "The world now knows that we have maturity and competence." Adds Shoemaker: "Up till now we had yet to prove that we could sustain an effort and back up a best seller. Son of the Morning Star has shown that with a staff of only ten we can keep up with trade demand and follow through with a first-rate promotional effort...
...sixth, Zip! Goes a Million, closed out of town in 1919 (and thus could have been eligible in the Tonys' "new musical" category). All have a witty ebullience that would merit revival even if they did not boast some unforgettable songs: I've Told Every Little Star, Till the Clouds Roll By, Bill, The Song Is You, We Belong Together, dozens more. But the music is precisely the reason these delightful shows have returned to the spotlight. For this is Jerome Kern's centenary, which has cued a celebration that promises to last all year and spill over national borders...
...thousand or so songs he composed, the only familiar one not written for a show or movie was The Last Time I Saw Paris. He mercilessly cut any song that did not fit its situation. Conversely, he was a great hoarder and tinkerer. Alter just a few bars of Till the Clouds Roll By and presto! it becomes Look for the Silver Lining. Invert the melody, depress the tempo and voila! the Cotton Blossom theme from Show Boat is alchemized into Ol' Man River...
While most professors present the facts cut and dry, a handful of scholars go out of their way to make their classes "fun." And while many courses draw huge crowds because they are noted "guts," and while many of the introductory courses till the largest lecture halls, there are a few courses at Harvard that students flock to simply because they are "fun" to attend...