Word: twain
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Black is black and white is white, and never the twain shall meet. In a period of what most Americans deem racial healing. director Brett Milanowski of the small, professional Peabody House Theater in Sommerville has chosen to mount The Death of Bessie Smith to punctuate our healing with a question mark. Despite the good intentions of the cast and some genuine moments of radiant acting, The Death of Bessie Smith fails in its appointed role as wakeup call to the insidious prejudice which still permeates our society. The play may not accomplish precisely what the director...
...didn't know he could tell a joke in themanner of Mark Twain," Bates said
...INVITED You have to be a man, and officially you have to be a member of the Bohemian Club or a guest of one. Past members have included Mark Twain, Jack London, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Herbert Hoover and Earl Warren...
Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest. MARK TWAIN...
...course, to paraphrase Mark Twain, rumors of Bob Hope's demise were greatly exaggerated. Despite the momentary trauma it probably caused his family, friends and fans, the AP's grave error (no pun intended) did allow Hope the chance to hear Congressman Bob Stump (R-Ariz.) solemnly announce on the floor of Congress that "I have the sad responsibility to tell you this afternoon that Bob Hope passed away. We will all miss him very much." Adding a bipartisan twist to the tribute, Congressman David Bonior (D-Mich.) echoed Stump's sentiments. "We are all saddened by his passing," said...