Highet
Americannoun
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“Once we decided that Kelly should play Roma,” Mr. Highet explained, “that meant that Lingk should be a woman too.”
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2012
To bring these lessons more fully to life for students, Mr. Highet cast most of the principal roles with faculty members: people the students would know in a different context.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2012
Gilbert Highet, critic, scholar and author, attempts to solve a minor but amusing artistic puzzle concerning the identity of the bridegroom in Peasant Wedding, a 16th century painting by Flemish Master Pieter Bruegel.
From Time Magazine Archive
He's really very witty," said Highet, "but has he been taught that way?
From Time Magazine Archive
He was a beautiful dribbler, after the style of Mr. T. C. Highet; went right ahead with the ball close at his toe, and was the most difficult man to tackle in the Rangers.
From Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches by Bone, David Drummond
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