Word: clea
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...berth undergoing some repairs prior to a Caribbean cruise, and began a stem-to-stern search for more explosives. They forced open crew members' lockers and sampled the air from dozens of compartments with a sophisticated explosive detector known as a "gas chromatography" machine. The QE 2 was clea−her 1,176 closely searched passengers left on schedule Thursday for their holiday−but Scotland Yard's bomb squad will clearly continue monitoring her comings and goings with considerably more than casual interest...
...arch bit as a homosexual art collector who multiplies the confusion--and, in these days of gay lib, his ability to get away with a lisp and a swish attests to a great degree of style. Kazarus reappears as an immigrant repairman and Melissa Mueller shows up again as Clea, a second girlfriend whose exact motivation--if you're even inclined to bother about such matters after her most striking entrance--could be slightly troublesome. This time McCleary's set--an enormous funhouse of a room with hints of Aubrey Beardsley in its moldings--has little to do with...