Word: cowed
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...visits the ruined demesne of Uncle L, who is a mean and misanthropic 92 yoked to an equally mean woman who wants to inherit his land. Having no re gard for cattle, Uncle L has a herd of camels instead, along with spotted pigs, molting turkeys and a buffalo cow. Un cle L is a living figment - as well as a caricature - of the old, wild American dream. He still expects to encounter his hero, Emiliano Zapata, before he dies...
...woman's pleasant study, the man thinks, "I wouldn't like it if my wife had a room like this." Like a weary warrior goddess, Lessing views the seduction step by monstrous step. The woman gives in out of pity for the lout. "The stupid cow, the slut," he concludes...
Overseas, his punshots have gone wilder. While in Cairo before going on to Russia last year, he asked to visit the mosque containing Nasser's burial place. "After all," he said, "we're on our way to Mosque-Cow, aren't we?" At the tomb, when a member of his party removed his shoes according to Islamic custom and revealed a hole in his sock, Muskie shrugged: "We're in a holy place, aren't we?" When he learned that the Russians were being difficult and might not issue visas to his press entourage...
What keeps all this from being completely sticky is that Rosalind is not a weepy, fragile hysteric but a thoroughly selfish adolescent cow. Andy, studious and shy, willingly undergoes every humiliation for her. After he has managed to arrange a private operation, Rosalind casually asks him if he could change the time so she can get her hair done...
...austere of priestly disciplines: celibacy. ¶ For observant Jews, the term kosher applies not only to what foods may be eaten and when, but to the methods used in the preparation of food and the slaughter of animals. Kashrut (dietary law) dictates that an acceptable animal, such as a cow or lamb, must be conscious and must be quickly slashed across the throat by a sharp instrument held in the steady hand of a specially trained, God-fearing person (often a rabbi) who takes the animal's life only with compassion and reluctance. Because this ritual is deemed humane...