Word: tis
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stayed with his mother in Ireland when his elder brothers left for America, has an agent and is shopping his version of events around town, eager to report what few details of the family's hardscrabble upbringing remain undocumented. It may be a crowded McCourt season. Frank's sequel, 'Tis, is one of the most anticipated books of the fall, and Malachy has a contract for his own follow-up. Insatiable fans of the literary clan might want to save room on their bookshelves: a fourth brother, Michael, will surely find his literary voice shortly...
...five weeks, the administration lifts alcohol ban--as if anyone was abiding by it in the first place. Springfest We're looking forward to the Violent Femmes, but memories of disasters past keep us wary. Let's keep our fingers crossed. House Formals The Adams Waltz, the Eliot Fete--'tis the season for House formals. Dust off those tuxes and Datamatch printouts. Fools Someone should tell that semi-secret Sorrento Square organization that being annoying is not the same as being funny. The editorial board
...suggest overhauling Shakespeare's work to rid it of statements like Hamlet's "Frailty, thy name is woman" or his responding to Ophelia's "Tis brief, my lord" with "As woman's love." After all, to err is human. GEORG SCHWARZMANN Augsburg, Germany...
...race." A Clinton-Giuliani matchup is tantalizing in part because, at its best, it would engage people in a way politics is seldom capable of doing these days. In 1964, on the night he won the U.S. Senate seat in New York, Bobby Kennedy quoted Tennyson: "Come my friends,/'Tis not too late to seek a better world." That sort of belief in the possibilities of American politics no longer exists. Hillary's run might just be a step toward restoring...
...sings with an honesty that convinces one that the world must be as she describes it. The lyrics dance around the hidden meanings of her subtle truths in a collection that ranges from folk to hip hop to something altogether hard to name. Two prized tracks are "'Tis of Thee" and "Hat Shaped Hat." There are moments when her originality and creativity become startlingly evident, and her band accompanies her in fits of inspired jamming...