Word: carnal
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From this simple arrangement Mr. Bowles seeks to establish the lack of moral and social authors which permits the tides of life to push us all about one way or another. But the lurid quality of Kit's refuge in the "friendly carnal presence" of the nearest male makes the jump from the naturalistic to the symbolic level difficult...
Here again is Southern woman sore beset, hounded by desire and hobbled by gentility, and wrecked not so much by passion as by the attempt to give it a prettier name, to deny its carnal nature. Alma Winemiller (Margaret Phillips) is a minister's repressed, highfalutin daughter, passionately in love with the hell-raising son of the doctor next door. Possibly John Buchanan (nicely played by Tod Andrews) would have fallen for Alma had not her ladylike insistences, her chatter about the spiritual side of love, been too much for him. By the time Alma looks sex squarely...
...ancient Yard dormitory cubicle, you may consider your self only slightly more fortunate. The high, narrow rooms may cramp you and the squeaking floors disturb your study. But remember, next year you will probably move into the much newer and more luxurious Houses along the river. Even as incipient carnal knowledge, the best course of action towards the housing situation is to relax and enjoy...
...general's chief targets were women refugees in his beleagured capital city of Tsinan who were "choosing marriage as their way out." Men with families, he noted, had little fighting spirit. Worst of all, proclaimed the general, "The Reds have been sending girl spies over, utilizing carnal looks to lure military and government officials into matrimony, in order to obtain military information and endanger lives...
...undertaker's" advertisement portraying the "beautiful body" of a nude girl is carnal and shameless. It is manifestly repugnant to the general public and offensive to the funeral service industry. . . . J. WILFRED CORR Executive Secretary California Funeral Directors Association Pasadena, Calif...