Word: writings
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...unfamiliar and perhaps unfathomable exercise. At countryside polling places in Ciskei, a Delaware-size tribal territory on the southeast coast of South Africa, women in bright bandannas and beads danced and sang the words Enkululele kweni (Go forward to independence). Since many of the voters could neither read nor write, election officials, under the close scrutiny of local police, showed them how to mark their ballots. The outcome was never really in doubt: by a lopsided vote of 295,891 in favor and only 1,642 against, the tribesmen chose to break away from South Africa and establish their...
...colleagues. Their books may be of shorter than usual length, and child centered. But they are not childish, and most are as serious as any adult novel or history. It was because of the patronizing attitudes that greeted her work that Beatrix Potter denied creating for the young: "I write to please my self," she insisted. And P.L. Travers, creator of Mary Poppins, sardonically concurred: "I didn't write for children at all ... the idea simply didn't enter my head. I am bound to assume that there is such a field as children's books...
...Smith. Thailand's former Prime Minister Kriangsak Chamanan was called "Sweet Eyes." Such definite nicknames are useful not only to normal citizens but to journalists as well. In the matter of Mr. Reagan it will be considerably easier for, say, a pleased New York Post to write its 3-in. headlines: BONNIE RONNIE, or DUTCH TREAT, rather than resorting to a characteristic, though imprecise, YAY. There is, of course, a kind of nickname that does not stem from a desire for familiarity. Sobriquet is a more ceremonial word for nickname (sort of a nickname's given name...
...also the type Arthur Bremer used to gun down George Wallace in 1972-a grotesque coincidence that prompted Chicago Sun-Times Columnist Mike Royko to write, with biting effect: "Now that Charter Arms Corp. has the unique distinction of having two famous people shot by one of their products, I wonder if they have considered using it in their advertising. Something simple and tasteful like: 'The .38 that got George Wallace and John Lennon. See it at your gun dealer...
Last September, Le Canard reported that Bokassa had hired a journalist named Roger Delpey to write his biography. He turned over to Delpey some 187 documents, many believed to be embarrassing to Giscard. Delpey was arrested on charges of "compromising the external policy of France" and jailed without trial. The documents were seized. Later, several that were considered crucial to Delpey's defense were removed...