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Word: tis (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rascal who, on two occasions, found himself awearing o' the stripes when he was caught in the act of fraud. Tracy's Skeffington is just about the dearest old party since Santa Claus: a combination of Robin Hood and Mother Machree. Sure and if he steals, 'tis only from the rich, and doesn't the darlin' man turn right around and give it all to the poor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Two with Tracy | 10/27/1958 | See Source »

...Tis Pity She's a Whore has great possibilities. Intriguing, suggestive opportunities for passion and subtlety are richly woven into every act. Unfortunately, the HDC makes the least of nearly every opportunity; their production of Tis Pity drops Harvard theatre to a low level--an overacted, externally acted, embarassing, awkward level...

Author: By Larry Hartmann, | Title: `Tis Pity She's a Whore' | 12/4/1957 | See Source »

Many in the audience made the appropriate intermission comment about the whole production: "We can learn from mistakes." Others simply said, "Tis Pity...

Author: By Larry Hartmann, | Title: `Tis Pity She's a Whore' | 12/4/1957 | See Source »

...finding a synonym would be difficult: "'Tis Pity She's a Paramour" or "'Tis Pity She's a Lady of the Evening" have neither the simplicity nor the zip of the original. It is too late now, but the HDC could have combined a tasteful community-wide promotion of the play with a provocative and money-making contest. Using an eye-catching photograph of the heroine and barring all English concentrators from the game, the contest posters might have looked something like this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Tis Indeed... | 11/30/1957 | See Source »

...Tis Pity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Tis Indeed... | 11/30/1957 | See Source »

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