Slack+up+suddenly

  • 111Afterword —    As I write this, I’m sitting in my office about 50 yards from the house of the Stanley Kubrick family. It’s a beautiful summer evening in St. Albans, and I’m catching up on work I left behind while I was in Burbank recently.    This is a… …

    The Encyclopedia of Stanley Kubrick

  • 112dead — Synonyms and related words: SOL, a outrance, abeyant, abrupt, abruptly, absolute, absolutely, accurate, achromatic, achromic, ago, all bets off, all gone, all in, all off, all out, all over, all up, all out, anechoic, anemic, anesthetized,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 113Cassady, Neal — (1926–1968)    One might be tempted to say that if Neal Cassady had not existed, jack kerouac would have had to invent him. But for many students of the Beat Generation, Kerouac did invent Cassady. It is the rare Beat aficionado who knows much… …

    Encyclopedia of Beat Literature

  • 114surge — [[t]sɜrdʒ[/t]] n. v. surged, surg•ing 1) a strong, wavelike forward movement, rush, or sweep: the surge of the crowd[/ex] 2) a sudden, strong rush or burst: a surge of energy[/ex] 3) a strong, swelling, wavelike volume or body of something 4) oce …

    From formal English to slang

  • 115surge — /sɜdʒ / (say serj) noun 1. a strong forward or upward movement, rush, or sweep, like that of swelling or rolling waves: the onward surge of an angry mob. 2. a strong, wavelike volume or body of something: a surge of smoke. 3. the rolling swell of …

  • 116ALIYAH AND ABSORPTION — GENERAL SURVEY Introduction Aliyah, ascension or going up, is the coming of Jews as individuals or in groups, from exile or diaspora to live in the Land of Israel. Those who go up for this purpose are known as olim – a term used in the Bible for… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism