Word: time-worn
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When the White House speechwriters crafted Ronald Rea gan's Christmas message, they tried desperately to get away from Charles Dickens' hoary label for any era: "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times." But they failed, drawn again to that time-worn language to describe the maddening contradictions of the world today. And indeed, Dickens' words may be especially apt for 1982, a year with no poetry in its sound, no numerical magic. It is a year that a number of scholars and statesmen are already predicting will be momentous...
...operetta's debut a century ago with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. To his credit, Paul O'Neill has chosen a middle ground in his direction of the Harvard Gilbert and Sullivan Players' fine new production of Pirates, bringing a few prudent but innovative changes on the time-worn D'Oyly Carte version...
...hour was late and the motel parking lot was a jumble of cars, but they were out there anyway, a group of time-worn black men whipping a baseball around with sweet abandon, razzing and wisecracking and carrying on like kids. It had always been like this: the joy of the game transcending rock-hard diamonds and fading light...
...BOSTON vs. NEW YORK ISLANDERS: The best matchup, worthy of a semifinal at least. The Bruins took it to the limit against the surprising Penguins, but produced in the clutch. Rookie Ray Bourque, classy Rick Middleton, and time-worn Gerry Cheevers have provided the impetus for the scrappy squad...
Dominating play as period two came to a close (in fact, a Terrier slapshot hit both posts just before the buzzer), B.U. appeared to have regained total control, their time-worn strategy of overcoming deficits with calm, positional play an ostensible success...