Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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A spokesman for the group, Arthur K. Solomon, assistant professor of Physiological Chemistry, said yesterday that the proposed church "is out of scale with the neighborhood." He then added, "You might imagine a structure one and one-half times as tall as its neighbors which will dominate the neighborhood by...
I did drink, but I discovered alcohol is the dullest form of escape I've ever experienced in my rigid adventures. During this otiose period I was continually accompanied by a large bottle of Scotch for which I had (and have) the utmost contempt. So with great character I...
Such character references are not easy to earn, but Hollywood thought it knew how Lieut. General Rafael ("Ramfis") Trujillo Jr., 28, eldest son of the Dominican dictator, got them. At a Los Angeles foreign-car agency, where he bought a $12,000 Mercedes-Benz to replace his old Cadillac, Ramfis...
Pimps, naturally, hate him. One tough character, who has since been murdered in an underworld row, threatened to kill him. Recalls Père Pigalle with a laugh: "His women disappeared. He got it into his head that it was I who was taking them away. Imagine it-with my...
In daubing the character and career of Lord Randolph's stupendous son Winston, Rowse makes clear that the father's tragic fall from power served more than anything else to spur the son to glory. Among Sir Winston's faults Rowse cites his lack of "some intuitive...