Word: tis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Take-offs on Chaucer ("There was a Knight, a worthy for the chaffre./ He lovede gold, and was a Pornografer...) and Shakespeare (To draw, or not to draw,--that is the question:--/ Whether 'tis safer in the player to take/ The awful risk of skinning for a straight,/ Or, standing pat, to raise 'em all the limit/ And thus, by bluffing, get in...) abound...
...Tis magic, magic that hath ravished...
Belinda, 'tis true that the World is not form'd for the Benefit of Women, and oft' they must sacrifice their nice Principles in order to put Bread into their own Mouths and those of their Children; but I was ne'er so made as to be able to pretend Love of a loathsome Man for Hope of Gain, and it hath been my Experience that I have prosper'd nonetheless...
...Tis Mabel, 'tis Mabel," shouted the cast of The Pirates of Penzance as a bonneted young lass stepped demurely from stage right. But the savvy fans at Manhattan's Delacorte Theater would know those brown eyes anywhere. They belonged to Linda Ronstadt, making her operatic debut on the day she turned 34. The rock star seemed a mite shaky in the coloratura runs, but the audience melted when she warbled Gilbert and Sullivan love songs to her devoted pirate swain. So did the swain, played by fellow Rocker Rex Smith, 24. Said he: "When she walks...
...Tis the season for income tax refunds. Early-bird filers are being rewarded these days by the arrival of pretty, green U.S. Treasury checks in the usual sea of junk mail. This year the pleasure is unusually exquisite: more people than ever are getting refunds. By midyear an estimated 75% of U.S. taxpayers will receive an average of $610 back from Uncle Sam. This is up from last year's $510 rebate. Reason: each personal exemption is now worth $1,000, up from...