tenderloin
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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tenderloin in the US, informal name for a district of a city where vice and corruption are prominent. Recorded from the late 19th century, the name was originally a term applied to a district of New York, seen as a ‘choice’ assignment by police because of the bribes offered to them to turn a blind eye to criminal activity.
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Bessie Smith and Bernardine Mitchell Meet In The Middle
Newspaper article from: Washington Informer; 5/17/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...represent the Lying' Cheatin' men Bessie sings about. The manequins...are draped over the mannequins heads, and eventually the male ensemble...dramatic and comedic vignettes "Bessie's Blues" showcases the varied...interpretive dance representing Bessie Smiths tragic death in an automobile...
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My battling Bessie; Best-selling author Jilly Cooper's nightmare came true when her beloved (and very overweight) dog collapsed. Here is the touching story of how her pet was saved - thanks to a devoted family and a bumpy ride in a wheelbarrow...,REVIEW.(Review)
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 12/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Pausing constantly to allow Bessie to keep up, we picked our...climb back up the valley when Bessie stumbled over the roots of...Chris and I tried to rally Bessie, but her eyes were gettingduller, her head tilting further to one side...
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Bessie Head: Thunder Behind Her Ears.
Magazine article from: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; Bessie Head: Thunder Behind Her Ears...978-1-86814-446-4. Bessie Head (1937-1986), skrywer...die Amerikaanse staat waar Head 'n internasionale "writing...rommel met die basuin van Bessie se stem. Hierdie teenwoordigheid...
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Critical Essays on Bessie Head
Magazine article from: African Studies Review; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Sample, ed. Critical Essays on Bessie Head. Westport, Conn.; London: Praeger...illuminate little known areas of Bessie Head's life and influences. While...Madness, Passing, and Trespassing in Bessie Head's A Question of Power" employs...
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Bessie Head letters--insights into her inner world.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies; 11/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...letters between Bessie Head and Patrick and Wendy...major archive of Head's letters. For...us an alternative Bessie Head--one not...novels and stories. Head, after all, was...these 1964 letters. Bessie establishes her ability...
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Head, Bessie: Bessie Head: The Thunder behind Her Ears: Her Life and Writing.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Biography; 6/22/2008; ; 521 words
; Head, Bessie Bessie Head. The Thunder Behind Her Ears. Her Life and Writing. Gillian Stead...Wits UP, 2007. 374 pp. R220. One of Africa's finest writers, Bessie Head was alone in her Coloured-ness in African society, in her woman...
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Bessie Head, Storyteller in Exile
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/17/1991; ; 700+ words
; TALES OF TENDERNESS AND POWER By Bessie Head Heinemann. 144 pp. $7.95 paperback A WOMAN ALONE Autobiographical Writings By Bessie Head Heinemann. 107 pp. $7.95 paperback...informs us that at the time of her death, Bessie Head was w
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Hurricane Bessie
Newspaper article from: Isthmus; 4/25/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...relentless, as is the series itself. Bessie is bossy and confident, scarcely...with a Tex Avery-style glee. Bessie's eyebrows pop off her head; her head rolls off her neck...all ages. Kids will relate to Bessie's runaway id; adults will...
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Bessie Head's Maru: identity, pathology, and the construction of difference.
Magazine article from: The Western Journal of Black Studies; 6/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Critical responses to Bessie Head have generally tended...in Maru, Bessie Head constructs a site...viewed as the pivot of Head's "point of engagement...born 'Coloured', Bessie Head was subjected...the now displaced Bessie Head on a self...
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Maxine Sample (ed.), Critical Essays on Bessie Head.(Emerging Perspectives on Bessie Head)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Africa; 3/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...SAMPLE (ed.), Critical Essays on Bessie Head. Westport CT and London: Praeger...ed.), Emerging Perspectives on Bessie Head. Trenton NJ and Asmara, Eritrea...pp. During the twenty years after Bessie Head's death on 17 April 1986...
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Smith, Bessie
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...Originally hired as a dancer, Bessie rapidly polished her skills...guitarist Danny Barker: “ Bessie Smith was a fabulous deal to...didn ’ t turn your head when she went on. You just watched Bessie. If you had any church background...
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Bessie Smith
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...guitarist Danny Barker as saying: "Bessie Smith was a fabulous deal to...stage. You didn't turn your head when she went on. You just watched Bessie. If you had any church background...Mamie Smith (no relation to Bessie Smith) recorded the first vocal...
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Head, Bessie 1937–1986
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Bessie Head 1937 – 1986 Writer Bessie Head wrote about black life in South Africa during...hepatitis April 17, 1986, in Botswana; daughter of Bessie Amelia Emery; married Harold Head (a journalist), September 1, 1961 (divorced...
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Smith, Bessie 1894–1937
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...Barker as saying: “ Bessie Smith was a fabulous deal to...didn ’ t turn your head when she went on. You just watched Bessie. If you had any church background...Mamie Smith (no relation to Bessie Smith) recorded the first vocal...
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Bessie Head
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bessie Head 1937-86, South African writer. Born in South Africa to a white mother and black father, she was placed in foster homes and...
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