Word: chauffeured
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...principal character in the story is a Winton Flyer, one of the first automobiles ever seen in Yoknapatawpha County. Its owner is old Lucius ("Boss") Priest, a member of the cadet branch of the county's first families (the Edmondses and McCaslins), but its proud chauffeur is Boon Hogganbeck, the childlike, "tough, faithful, brave and completely unreliable" part Indian who be came famous in The Bear for not being able to hit anything with a shotgun, rifle or weapon of any kind...
...turned into a tragicomic Roman holiday. With tumultuous thousands mobbing the tiny church at Predappio (where his father is buried), the bridegroom fainted dead away, but was revived by injection of a stimulant in time to weather the ceremony. The day came to an ill-starred conclusion when the chauffeur-driven Rolls of sister Sophia was involved in a collision that killed a local schoolteacher...
...Excellency asked for no publicity and delivered a reasonable, realistic address on the shrinking world, the limits of the United Nations and the new interests of India in the world. He arrived sitting beside his chauffeur, greeted his audience without rush, spoke with very humble humour and stayed an hour for questions over coffee (which he drank...
...house in Bloomfield Hills, a Detroit suburb. Because of the many irons he has in the fire, Romney has little time to spend with his attractive family (the Romneys have four children, five grandchildren). To catch up on sleep, he often catnaps in the fold-back bed of his chauffeur-driven Rambler as he spins around Michigan on a round of speeches and meetings...
...prestigious new job, Speaker McCormack is paid $35,000 a year, plus $10,000 for expenses (an ordinary Representative gets $22,500). He also inherits two elaborate suites of offices and a cozy nook, a Cadillac with chauffeur, a private dining room. The power and the trappings of the Speaker are a big step up for any man-and a long way from the drab South Boston streets where John McCormack got his start...