OED’s word of the year
Hypermiling — a concept foreign to most New Yawkers — is the OED’s word of the year. (Last month I attended the OED’s anniversary events on OUP’s dime.)
Hypermiling — a concept foreign to most New Yawkers — is the OED’s word of the year. (Last month I attended the OED’s anniversary events on OUP’s dime.)
Oxford University’s list of top ten irritating phrases spurs 2243 comments as of this typing. (Via.)
“He’s gonna bookend the movie playing Samuel Clemens in the hospital.” Please, God, no. Not Clint Eastwood.
Richard Greene’s Graham Greene: A Life in Letters, finally published in the States early next month, collects a wide sampling of the author’s voluminous correspondence and is, for any admirer of the work who’s interested in understanding the author, an indispensable resource. Greene was a passionate man, a stubborn man, a sometimes-loyal but often-disloyal (sometimes rather self-importantly so) man, and . . .
Couldn’t get a copy of the Times, but I’ll always remember the jubilation in the streets of Manhattan on election night. This shot was taken by my brother-in-law, Joseph Clarke, shortly after Obama’s speech.