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...Herriman played as well with verbal poetry as he did with visual. Puns, alliteration and copious phonetic wordplay fill the balloons and boxes. Krazy in particular has a remarkable patois like you've never seen before, combining Shakespearian sentence construction with strange malapropisms. To his worm pal he warns of the early bird: "He's a boid - and he's oily and he kraves a woim - ooy, l'il woim, l'il woim - I shudda and shiva for you." His bittersweet song of love goes, "There is a heppy lend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Lest, a Heppy Lend | 3/19/2002 | See Source »

...drama and historical sites. Few other American cities can boast such cultural attractions. The Museum of Fine Arts houses the works of countless prestigious artists, and it often hosts traveling exhibitions, such as the Monet exhibit currently on display. Beantown also has a wide array of theatrical shows, from Shakespearian plays to the Blue Man Group. Boston even offers many historical locales which were important during the American Revolution...

Author: By Alex Carter, | Title: Getting Up and Out of the Square | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...Actors nowadays don't do too badly. When Olivier got a knighthood, it was considered almost unknown. Now, there's almost one a year. [But many are] Shakespearian actors, and you very rarely see them on film. By the way, Vanessa Redgrave, it is commonly understood, has turned it down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Mar. 30, 1998 | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

Well, maybe the vengeance the Harvard women's lacrosse team exacted yesterday has absolutely nothing to do with the Shakespearian character. But it still felt good...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: W. Lax Rebounds To Destroy Brown | 4/22/1994 | See Source »

Well, maybe the vengeance the Harvard women's lacrosse team exacted yesterday has absolutely nothing to do with the Shakespearian character. But it still felt good...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Women's Lacrosse Massacres Brown, 13-2 | 4/21/1994 | See Source »

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