Word Association #43
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Hasta la Vista / See you later
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Niemand Weet Hoe Laat Het Is
song by Youp van 't Hek
lit: 'Nobody Knows What Time It Is'
( about Live your days as if these could be your last)
song by Youp van 't Hek
lit: 'Nobody Knows What Time It Is'
( about Live your days as if these could be your last)
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Warrenʻs World Enough and Time (ca. 1949)
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Short Novels of the Masters
- - first English read in college
- - first English read in college
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Harper Lee
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"The Cranes were always fighters . . ."
quote from novelist Stephen
Crane (1871-1900)
quote from novelist Stephen
Crane (1871-1900)
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Hart Crane
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Dickeyʻs "To the White Sea"
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". . .A huge black hulk that was magnified
By its own reflection in the tide"
- - H. W. Longfellowʻs description of
a British occupation ship in his "The Midnight
Ride of Paul Revere"
By its own reflection in the tide"
- - H. W. Longfellowʻs description of
a British occupation ship in his "The Midnight
Ride of Paul Revere"
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Thomas Carlyleʻs "On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and
the Heroic in History"
the Heroic in History"
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Wattsʻs The Book: on the Taboo
against Knowing Who you are
against Knowing Who you are
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Samuel Beckettʻs Watt
- - one of only two novels that
Beckett originally wrote in English;
(the other English was "Murphy"),
and all the rest were in French.
- - one of only two novels that
Beckett originally wrote in English;
(the other English was "Murphy"),
and all the rest were in French.
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Saint Thomas Aquinas
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Carolyn Heilbrun*ʻs "Honest Doubt"**
*writing as Amanda Cross
** reading currently
*writing as Amanda Cross
** reading currently
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Abraham (formerly Abram)
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Night: great, very neglected,
novel. ca. 1960 about U. S.
Korean War prisoners, by Francis
Pollini. The same title has been
used by dozens of other writers.
novel. ca. 1960 about U. S.
Korean War prisoners, by Francis
Pollini. The same title has been
used by dozens of other writers.
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"Goodnight, Ladies" song
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Roman Gary's "Lady L"
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Roman Kingdom> Republic> Empire
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OʻNeillʻs The Emperor Jones
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VERN E JONES'S* THE JONES MEN
*The jones of the title is 1960s slang for
heroin, and has no connection with the
author's surname
*The jones of the title is 1960s slang for
heroin, and has no connection with the
author's surname
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"Jessica"
a romantic lead in Shakespeare's"The
Merchant of Venice"
a romantic lead in Shakespeare's"The
Merchant of Venice"
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The Characters of Theophrastus
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83EMS_24
The Darkroom of Damokles - Willem Frederik Hermans
Changing or disappearing of a young man?
A book with changing perspectives
Changing or disappearing of a young man?
A book with changing perspectives
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The World Court* Library
in the Hague
*I removed the brackets from "World Court"because clicking on it leads only to an edition of Joyceʻs
Ulysses!
in the Hague
*I removed the brackets from "World Court"because clicking on it leads only to an edition of Joyceʻs
Ulysses!
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The "Carnegie" public libraries
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Legacy libraries, in LT and elsewhere.
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Dava Sobelʻs "Galileoʻs Daughter:
a Scientific Memoir of Science,
Faith, and Love"
a Scientific Memoir of Science,
Faith, and Love"
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The Pennsylvania Steegles
a merger, during WW II of the NFLʻs
Philadelphia Eagles and
Pittsburgh Steelers
a merger, during WW II of the NFLʻs
Philadelphia Eagles and
Pittsburgh Steelers
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Dutch Florin, our money before the euro and guilder,
was written as 'NFL'
( Nederlandse Florijn, NFl)
was written as 'NFL'
( Nederlandse Florijn, NFl)
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Ronald "Dutch" Reagan
39th President of the United States
39th President of the United States
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Send In The Clowns - song by Barbra Streisand
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"Write me a letter;
Send it by mail.
Send it in care of
The Birmingham jail."
Send it by mail.
Send it in care of
The Birmingham jail."
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"They call the wind Ma-rI-a"* (song)
*2nd syllable rhymes with "sigh" ,
not with "see".
*2nd syllable rhymes with "sigh" ,
not with "see".
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Tommy Carey
baseball player who had a short ML
career in the 1940s
baseball player who had a short ML
career in the 1940s
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Cecil Cooper
ML baseball player, 1960s--70s
ML baseball player, 1960s--70s
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St. Caecilia
( one of the hundreds of music groups with that name,
choirs, brass bands, ..)
( one of the hundreds of music groups with that name,
choirs, brass bands, ..)
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Claire Heartsongʻs "Anna,
Grandmother of Jesus"
Grandmother of Jesus"
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Prête-moi ta plume,
Pour écrire un mot.
/* (Lend me your pen,
To write a word.)
*Not guaranteeing that there is
an English version
Pour écrire un mot.
/* (Lend me your pen,
To write a word.)
*Not guaranteeing that there is
an English version
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"Weʻll ʻwhackʻ anyone that says
ʻLa Cosa Nostraʻ inside of a court room;
they donʻt even have to say ʻLa Cosa
Nostraʻ: weʻll ʻwhack ʻem, if they
just say ʻLaʻ!" -- attributed to John Gotti
ʻLa Cosa Nostraʻ inside of a court room;
they donʻt even have to say ʻLa Cosa
Nostraʻ: weʻll ʻwhack ʻem, if they
just say ʻLaʻ!" -- attributed to John Gotti
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"Just on the Street Where you Live"
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Flip Wilson
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Boxʻs "Shots Fired: Stories from
Joe Pickett Country"
Joe Pickett Country"
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"Red River Valley" -- Folk (?) song of
disputed origins, and of many different titles
disputed origins, and of many different titles
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Bounderies by Jon Anderson
O'r the green mountains and
O'r the GREEN VALLEYS
I've walked through the country
And felt me an age
A people so strong
They resist for so long
The Boundaries that hold them
O'r the green mountains and
O'r the GREEN VALLEYS
I've walked through the country
And felt me an age
A people so strong
They resist for so long
The Boundaries that hold them
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Fairway of the 2nd hole at Oakley
Country Club, Watertown, MA.
(Sometimes called "down in the valley")
Country Club, Watertown, MA.
(Sometimes called "down in the valley")
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Noel Beattyʻs "Literary Byways of Boston
& Cambridge"
& Cambridge"
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Robert E. Howard
author of the "Conan" books
author of the "Conan" books
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Robert,the Bruce,
medieval king of Scotland
medieval king of Scotland
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King Stephen of England
c. 1092/6 – 1154, often referred to as Stephen of Blois
c. 1092/6 – 1154, often referred to as Stephen of Blois
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Joe Frazier - - fought (157) in 3
historic matches
historic matches
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George Foreman grill
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George VI*
- - wartime (1940s)
and postwar king of the U K;
father of Elizabeth II
*pre-reign name: Albert
- - wartime (1940s)
and postwar king of the U K;
father of Elizabeth II
*pre-reign name: Albert
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"Son of Man" / "Huios tou Anthropou"
much-disputed as to its meaning,
the phrase is applied to Jesus in
the New Testament
much-disputed as to its meaning,
the phrase is applied to Jesus in
the New Testament
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Eve Bunting
- - childrenʻs, young adult author
- - childrenʻs, young adult author
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snow bunting
not that tall...
not that tall...
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"The Moon is Blue"
-- classic movie of the 1950s
-- classic movie of the 1950s
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Balloons, the Sun, etc.
--suggestions found on the internet
concerning where to find 177.
--suggestions found on the internet
concerning where to find 177.
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Rumour at Nightfall and The Name of Action
2 Greene titles that G G (182) reportedly didnʻt want
included in his Collected Works
2 Greene titles that G G (182) reportedly didnʻt want
included in his Collected Works
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Soviet Union vs. Yugoslavia ca. 1949 and
Iran vs. Afghanistan ca. 2000
- - 2 rumored wars that did not take place
Iran vs. Afghanistan ca. 2000
- - 2 rumored wars that did not take place
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Nye Khlebom yedinyim/ Not by Bread Alone
by Vladimir Dudintsev
- - Soviet era novel, very influential outside of
the Soviet Union, as being one of the few that
gave a true picture of everyday life in Stalinʻs
USSR.
by Vladimir Dudintsev
- - Soviet era novel, very influential outside of
the Soviet Union, as being one of the few that
gave a true picture of everyday life in Stalinʻs
USSR.
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John Gay British 17th c. poet and
playwright
playwright
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Flag Day, Elks celebration, Cambridge, MA June 1948:
The featured invited speaker was Elk and future governor
Paul Dever; the speaker of the Elks ritual reading
was non-Elk rolandperkins.
The featured invited speaker was Elk and future governor
Paul Dever; the speaker of the Elks ritual reading
was non-Elk rolandperkins.
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Fun with Flags by Sheldon Cooper
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An American in Paris
This composition of Gershwin, was inspired by the composer’s trips to Paris throughout the 1920s
This composition of Gershwin, was inspired by the composer’s trips to Paris throughout the 1920s
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"Les Paris Stupides" "Stupid Bets" by
Jacques Prevert
- - a poem in which the text* is only 2
words longer than the title; satirical of
both form letters and the philosophy of
Blaise Pascal
*Text: Un certain Blaise Pascal, etcetera.
Jacques Prevert
- - a poem in which the text* is only 2
words longer than the title; satirical of
both form letters and the philosophy of
Blaise Pascal
*Text: Un certain Blaise Pascal, etcetera.
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Jerome K. Jerome's Idle Thoughts
of an Idle Fellow
of an Idle Fellow
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Jerom
is a Flemish comic book character and one of the main cast members in the Belgian comic strip, Suske en Wiske by Willy Vandersteen. He is the series' strongman and well known for his physically impossible powers that often make him the deus ex machina who solves every problem
is a Flemish comic book character and one of the main cast members in the Belgian comic strip, Suske en Wiske by Willy Vandersteen. He is the series' strongman and well known for his physically impossible powers that often make him the deus ex machina who solves every problem
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Heracles aka Hercules a sort of strength god
(Greco-Roman); the deus ex machina in Sophoclesʻs
Philoctetes
(Greco-Roman); the deus ex machina in Sophoclesʻs
Philoctetes
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Dionysius*
* Various human beings named Dionysius are
found in Greek History. e.g. in ancient Sicily
; the human D. with an -ius ending is not
to be confused with the god DionysUS,
with a -us ending.
* Various human beings named Dionysius are
found in Greek History. e.g. in ancient Sicily
; the human D. with an -ius ending is not
to be confused with the god DionysUS,
with a -us ending.
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The Mill Pond
- - pond in the NW of my home
town, Woburn, MA}
- - pond in the NW of my home
town, Woburn, MA}
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Andricʻs "Bridge on the Drina"
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Night by Francis Pollini
like 234, a great prisoner-of-war novel*
(i m o even greater than 234).
*U. S. prisoners of the Chinese in
the Korean War
like 234, a great prisoner-of-war novel*
(i m o even greater than 234).
*U. S. prisoners of the Chinese in
the Korean War
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Katherine Ann Porter, novelist
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Virginia Woolfʻs The waves
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"the wave": controversial move by
presidents Obama and R. Castro
at a Tampa Bay vs. Cuban National
Team game
presidents Obama and R. Castro
at a Tampa Bay vs. Cuban National
Team game
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The Wave, 1981 film about how a group can be influenced, one way of looking to explain how the WO-II turned out to be what it was
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Philip Rothʻs Goodbye Columbus
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"Way down in Columbus, Georgia,
Among the swamps and everglades . . ."
Among the swamps and everglades . . ."
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Toys R Us: Hawaiʻi (or is it
national?) toy business
national?) toy business
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It's even International ...we have them here too :)
The BFG (In Dutch ReUS=Giant )
I always think Reus/Giant when i hear or see that name, and it's an gigantic concern we just learned....
(home in Wayne, NJ, and shops in all continents( beside South America)
The BFG (In Dutch ReUS=Giant )
I always think Reus/Giant when i hear or see that name, and it's an gigantic concern we just learned....
(home in Wayne, NJ, and shops in all continents( beside South America)
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The Iron Rooster - Paul Theroux
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Gordon Dicksonʻs Wolf and Iron
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Victoria Amazonica
a big waterlily that flowers not often, and then only one night,
for example in the Hortus Botanicus in Leiden, Holland
a big waterlily that flowers not often, and then only one night,
for example in the Hortus Botanicus in Leiden, Holland
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Victoria (state), Australia
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Queens (borough), NYC, USA
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a broadcast: Finland > Soviet Estonia.
Estonia was said to be the only part of
the old Soviet Union in which at least a
part of the population could see "Dallas".
(They were seeing the Finnish translation
from neighboring Finland, and the Finnish
and Estonian languages are closely
related.)
Estonia was said to be the only part of
the old Soviet Union in which at least a
part of the population could see "Dallas".
(They were seeing the Finnish translation
from neighboring Finland, and the Finnish
and Estonian languages are closely
related.)
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'Radio Oranje' (radio Orange)
The clandestine broadcasting during WO ll from London to the Netherlands. People listened with one ear close to the hidden radios. Regulary queen Wilhelmina spoke in that way to our nation , to encourage.
The clandestine broadcasting during WO ll from London to the Netherlands. People listened with one ear close to the hidden radios. Regulary queen Wilhelmina spoke in that way to our nation , to encourage.
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Princeton# and Syracuse*
- - 2 "Orange" teams in college sports
*A semifinalist in womenʻs (today) and menʻs
(Saturday) NCCAA basketball; they, however,
lost a menʻs semi-final to North Carolina.
# usually 1st or 2nd in Ivy League basketball,
but lost it to Harvard last year and to Yale
this year.
- - 2 "Orange" teams in college sports
*A semifinalist in womenʻs (today) and menʻs
(Saturday) NCCAA basketball; they, however,
lost a menʻs semi-final to North Carolina.
# usually 1st or 2nd in Ivy League basketball,
but lost it to Harvard last year and to Yale
this year.
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The Mets and that 'new' Orange team in California, SF Giants . ( original from NYC ), wearing both orange in their shirts. Maybe heritage of The Dutch ? That would be very nice.
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"mezzo-mezzʻ " (pronounced "Mets-oh-Mets")
- - Italian phrase meaning "fair to middling".
- - Italian phrase meaning "fair to middling".
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"Nel mezzo del caminʻ di nostra vita / Midway
through the highway of our life ..."
9Dante Inferno line 1
through the highway of our life ..."
9Dante Inferno line 1
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Amiri Barakaʻs "The System of Danteʻs Hell"
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Fantine, Marius, Jean Valjean
and Saint Denis -- sections of (286)
previous to and subsequent to (287)
and Saint Denis -- sections of (286)
previous to and subsequent to (287)
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Parkinsonʻs Law
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school days
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flight school
Este tema fue continuado por Word Association #43.