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Tag Archives: Dylan Thomas
When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés (‘Run Havoc’ Edition)
From our That’s Just So Sad desk Here at the Global Worldwide Headquarters, the hardtsking staff has long lamented the slow-motion decline of what used to be called “clear idiomatic English.” Unclear idiotmatic English is more like it nowadays. For … Continue reading
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Dylan Thomas Does Not Go Gentle Into That Bad Ad
Listen, the hardworking staff enjoys a literary allusion as much as the next person, assuming the next person isn’t James Wood. But this ad in Thursday’s New York Times was just totally misconceived. Right – so Dylan Thomas’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, Dylan Thomas, James Wood, MyLight, New York Times, poets.org
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Hey, People: It’s ‘Do Not Go GENTLE Into That Good Night’!
Everybody – especially the hardworking staff – has a breaking point on certain issues, and this one was ours. From Saturday’s Boston Globe front page: Managing the next moves in Sanders’ insurgency Vt. senator faces a daunting task in keeping the … Continue reading
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