Word: dears
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dear, I said cups not pails...
During the long trip back from the prison last summer, he talked not only about sit-ins and campaigns, but also about movies and books. He babbled on about Susan Hayward in "I Want To Live"; about "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn"; and noted that if Golden Gloves boxing hadn't been segregated, George Wallace (who at one point won the title) would have had to face Joe Louis...
...matter how you go--dead's dead": to appreciate Mr. Clutter's Midwest-pastoral dream: "an apple-scented Eden"; to wince before the senior Hickock's A History of My Boy's Life submitted to a parole board. One could fault Capote for lingering on certain settings and phenomena dear to his heart; but the substantive backdrop of In Cold Blood is classic Americana on an encyclopedic scale, rendered with the compassion, grace, and humor expected of a writer who has dared to embrace his country...
...private cars, put part of the Piazza di Spagna (Spanish Square) to use as a car park. Two days later he went further, agreeing to let the rest of the island sink under the sea of protest, and putting pedestrians back in their place-hugging the sidewalks for dear life...
...girl will get a glimpse of the real thing, even perhaps be graced by a word or two, delivered over her head, but relating to it: "Not bad," he will say to the Mr. Ralph or Mr. Daniel or Miss Farr in charge. Or, in a weary voice, "Oh, dear...