Word: twentieths
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Ricks says Dylan is comparing the Titanic to modernism a vessel that seemed so promising for twentieth century poetry, but instead floundered miserably. The image of mermaids is lifted from the last lines of Eliot's "Prufrock." Dylan is not simply making fun of the cerebral poets and identifying himself with the more usual creature Ricks pointed out that Dylan's style is an thing but calypso...
...astonished as everyone else by the award. "It was the greatest moment of my life," he acknowledges. Harry was his first leading role in a feature movie-and of course he was nobody's first choice. It was written for another Irishman, James Cagney, who turned it down. Twentieth Century-Fox then suggested Laurence Olivier, even Frank Sinatra, before Director Paul Mazursky called on Art. Even Carney was not sure he wanted it. "I liked Josh Greenfeld's script, but face it, I felt insecure playing a 72-year-old man." But his wife Barbara thought he would...
...policy of mutual aid, observing that it is in the self-interest of the wealthy nations as well as in the interest of those nations that are stricken with famine. Led by Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz, developmentalists argue that the entrance of the Third World into the twentieth century can profit America's balance of payments. These men advocate the exportation of Western agricultural methods to the Third World. For these men, the markets of the Third World are as vital to the West as is food aid to the poor nations...
...Crimson, a decided underdog entering the contest, had been ranked twentieth in last week's national poll. In the first quarter, however, Harvard played in defiance of the pollsters, as the inspired Crimson stickmen assumed a 5-2 advantage...
...lives for leftist politics. The explanation is hardly a compelling one since Lipset presents no overwhelming evidence that the bluebloods mad up any more than 50 per cent of the "militants," and it also ignores the fact that many of Harvard's radicals in the early part of the twentieth century were bluebloods who did not resort to militant rebellion against the University while they were students here...