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...holidays in freedom and safety for the first time; Frank Sinatra just celebrated his 75th birthday. But try as they will to count blessings, many Americans who read the newspapers, check their bank statements or listen to the tinny jingles from Washington have a hard time believing that 'tis the season to be jolly...
...NATION: 'Tis no season to be jolly...
Deck the Christmas movie column, / Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!/ 'Tis the season to be solemn...
...Indeed, 'tis some blarney lads in this production. Irish lads, I dare say, fine fellows all--though distinctly resembling a Nash fellow I knew once. As Nash would say, "I wouldn't mind only...
...couplets. And every year, as summer approaches, we face the same dilemma: whether to try, when in Rome, to speak as the Romans do or to rely on Italian cabbies speaking English (with brio, no doubt, and sprezzatura). In some respects, it comes down to a question of whether 'tis better to give or to receive linguistic torture. The treachery of the phrase book, as every neophyte soon discovers, is that you cannot begin to follow the answer to the question you've pronounced so beautifully -- and, worse still, your auditor now assumes you're fluent in Swahili. Yet sticking...