Word: confessore
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...with divorce settlements (his present wife is No. 5), but he never made a better one. Edie Gwynn's scatterbrained manner, quick bursts of nervous laughter and lavishly indiscriminate endearments ("lambie pie, beautiful cookie") hide a razor-sharp nose for news. She has established herself as the mother confessor for Cinemaland, but it is other people's sins the penitents usually confess. Edith's column is the Reporter's biggest selling point...
...visit to Paris was the works. He showed up in the French capital ahead of time, quickly signed up the big shots for dinners and receptions, arranged a sightseeing schedule that omitted few historical monuments. But Father Benitez, who is both Evita's chaperon and confessor, could do nothing about the weather. The weather was cruel...
...rhythm." On her piano stands a white porcelain "kitty," where fans stuff as much as $60 a night (in addition to her $150 weekly salary). Beside her is a pitcher of water, to wash down the jiggers of bourbon which customers buy her. As a kind of jolly mother confessor to the depressed spirits in the audience, Julia usually ends up a group of songs with an invitation: "Let's sit down and drink it over...
...well as or better than before in the midst of rising price levels. And how does a part-time employee gain from such a contract adjustment? The onus for such failure in labor relations at Harvard lies equally with the University--intent on maintaining its traditional position of father-confessor to its employees--and with the unions, which cannot see beyond the noses of their temporary security and convenience, so easily bought by indolence...
...only dedicated to finding apartments, the Housing Bureau also acts as a mother confessor for troubled student veterans by advising them drawing up leases, rental ceilings, occupancy rights, and often hands out tips on where to buy furniture once they have moved...