Word: exception
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...G.I.T. Identical, except that length of stay is 14 to 21 days, and $120 to $190 in land arrangements must be made in advance. Peak season, June 1 to Sept...
Says he: "What is retirement, anyhow, except sitting in a rocking chair and listening to your arteries harden...
Poor Frank Trippett. He does have a problem. Imagine being happy, weatherwise, for only two months out of the twelve! I like all the seasons except winter, and my only objection to that is that it's too expensive-what with fuel bills and snowplowing...
...rants, raves, bullies, teases, threatens, roars and talks scatologically, concupiscently and incessantly. She also primps, daubs on garish makeup, strips off her blouse and carts loads of books to her desk only to hurl them irascibly about the room. What does all the sound and fury signify? Virtually nothing, except to prove that Parsons has the stamina of a deckhand and an awesome range of acting skills visibly being laid waste...
...Unexpurgated Code) has assumed Irish citizenship and settled in permanently. "The tax exemption was the reason," he says. For the past five years, he and his wife M.W. (for Mary Wilson) have lived in a 25-room Queen Anne mansion set in 200 secluded acres in County Westmeath. Except for doing some outdoor work to keep fit, Donleavy avoids farm chores and writes for a steady five hours a day. He behaves, he says, "like a gentleman writer instead of a drudge. Being a drudge is quite damaging." Although he entertains frequently, Donleavy prefers isolation. "I'm always...