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- adjective Of or pertaining to James Mercer Langston Hughes (1902–1967), American novelist and playwright, an early innovator of
jazz poetry .
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So good luck with that, Rupert. have a delightful, Howard-Hughesian dotage, acting out a crazed, Moby-Dick dumbshow against the Internet, hoping that the world's politics and economies will reform themselves to suit your fevered imaginings.
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Remember the mid-1980s was the era of The Parents Music Resource Center, the Satanic Panic and a cinematic alternative to the Hughesian Mainstream (The Legend of Billie Jean, The River's Edge) about generational hostility and its violent consequences.
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G Allen Johnson in the San Francisco Chronicle on "an extremely well-written, emotionally complex coming-of-age tale that has a John Hughesian respect for teenage angst."
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The AQA curriculum is, being charitable, lightweight, chock full of Hughesian poems about how awful war and animal cruelty are.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Sally Ullstrup whose friendships have proved Hughesian
Dont You Forget About Me Jaime Clarke 2007
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Sally Ullstrup whose friendships have proved Hughesian
Dont You Forget About Me Jaime Clarke 2007
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Sally Ullstrup whose friendships have proved Hughesian
Dont You Forget About Me Jaime Clarke 2007
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The most striking addition here is a Hughesian hammering on violence and gore in the battle scenes that make up the bulk of
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Jeremy Noel-Tod 2012
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The most striking addition here is a Hughesian hammering on violence and gore in the battle scenes that make up the bulk of
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Jeremy Noel-Tod 2012
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These essentially bright, decent kids may be types (the outsider, the science geek, the virgin, the angry one) but never feel like stereotypes, thanks to the authentic performances, unforced dialogue and the filmmakers 'respectful, near-Hughesian take on their characters and subject.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local editor@denverpost.com ( 2010
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