Word: tis
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...described the effects of the official 35-hour week as "perverse." But don't expect change until after the summer holiday. 'Tis The Season To Go Public It's summer, and the IPOs are in full bloom. After years of drought, this is comeback time for the initial public offering; European IPOs for June have already trumped the $6.6 billion fetched during all of 2003, according to Dealogic. Shares in Spanish broadcaster Telecinco had soared by more than 20% at the end of its debut week, while Italy's state-controlled utility Enel cheered the flotation of its national power...
...isolation ostrich: smiling indulgently at their "baby" - a squalling hybrid label a "GOPstrich" - as the elephant says, "He's a noisy little-so-and-so, but, sweetheart, he's all ours!" A serpent with swastikas snakes across the Atlantic while a figure marked Lindbergh pats its head, declaring, "'Tis Roosevelt, Not Hitler, that the World Should Really Fear." Seuss' mascot for America, an eagle with an Uncle Sam beard and striped top hat, sits in stockades wearing an "I am part Jewish" sign on its beak and a public notice (signed by Lindbergh), "This Bird is Possessed of an Evil...
...sight and smell of fresh fish blood in the street don't stir your feelings of yuletide cheer, then chances are you're not Czech. For 'tis the season when the streets of Prague are filled with stands selling carp, a staple of the Bohemian holiday table, served breaded and fried with potato salad. Many folks buy their fish live and kill it at home. More squeamish celebrants have it gutted for them...
...memorable but absurdly over-the-top sexpot. And Sam G. Rosen ’06 deserved recognition for his bit part as Billy, Annie’s lover, if only to laud his extraordinary comic rendition of a speech from John Ford’s ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore...
...DATES. 'Tis a small thing, but the novel is set in the War of 1812; the film...