Word: worded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...elite of the French army, the Old Guard, smashed itself on British bayonets and was routed; when Napoleon exclaimed, "All is lost!" and fled; and finally, when Blücher's Prussians [supposedly immobilized] appeared on the field of battle-then it was that Cambronne uttered the word...
...Anglo-Saxon variant it is a word used by generals, small children and even high-born ladies in their cups when the ultimate in hopelessness is revealed...
...BELIEVE THE WORD "SCATTYBOO" WHICH TIME USED WILL ALMOST ECLIPSE THE WORD HOGAN AMONG MY FOLLOWERS. IN FACT, THE NEW HOGANSLOGAN IN THESE PARTS IS "SCATTYBOO AND HOGAN...
...Hollywood. What is it about "dear Maggie" that makes her "the British shopgirl's dream?" She is no great beauty; her nose is sharp, her lips are thin, a large mole guards her left eye. And she is no great actress; most critics agree that ordinary is the word for Maggie's histrionics. Apparently, that's what makes her popular. Said a British producer: "She is really one of them. They feel that whatever happens to her on the screen might easily happen to them...
...film has earned great acclaim in Europe. Those who prefer their movies with a nervous tempo and honeyed brightness will find it very slow and very dark. But Dreyer has used timing and lighting so artfully that his characters seldom have to speak and never waste a word; he has gone farther than most moviemakers towards solving the difficult problems of silent cinema in a talk-ridden era. Some of his close-ups are extraordinarily long, but they are brimming with substance: the subtle, beautifully acted modulations of deep moral anguish...