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...novels. "An extraordinary little man!" Christie once wrote. "Height, five feet four inches, egg-shaped head carried a little to one side, eyes that shone green when he was excited, stiff military mustache, air of dignity immense!" Alas, last week Christie announced that the archetypal armchair detective, who had been portrayed on film by Actors Tony Randall, Albert Finney and others, had finally finished his long career. Old, infirm and wheelchair-ridden, he would meet his end in her next novel, Curtain -or Poirot's Last Case. Although Poirot's final exploit was originally written...
Doug Schmidt paused for a moment, leaned further back in his armchair, and lifted a coke bottle to his lips. When he put down the bottle, he said, "I guess what I'm saying is that this little germ got planted three or four years ago, and has spread hierarchically...
President Ford looked trim and rested, his face surprisingly unlined, as he met with members of TIME'S editorial staff" in the Oval Office last week. He sat easily in an armchair, cupping an unlit pipe in his left hand, and answered questions on energy and economic policy, foreign affairs and the demands of presidential leadership. In several areas, he was clearly still in the process of formulating his State of the Union program. The questions were asked by Managing Editor Henry Grunwald, Chief of Correspondents Murray Gart, Washington Bureau Chief Hugh Sidey and White House Correspondents Bonnie Angela...
...King had just returned from evening prayers when he received me in the audience hall. He sat in an armchair centered against the wall at one end of the spacious room. Other armchairs lined the sides of the room, which was decorated with blue and white pilasters, crystal chandeliers and wall-to-wall beige carpet. Other men sat along the walls, and occasionally one would get up silently to hand the King a folded letter or speak quietly to him. Meanwhile, a servant served bitter Bedouin coffee in handleless cups...
When the post-Christmas holidays of cheers, Veer's, parades and national titles roll by, the East Coast football afficionado slips deeper into his armchair, eggnog and enlightened cynicism over "big-time" college football out in the provinces...