Word: fats
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...taps I hear a single distant barker, soon joined by another and then another. Suddenly I see that the whole hallway is a swelling mess of howling, leaping, nadly salivating dogs. All of them seem to be at least three feet tall at the shoulder and as fat as toads. a bored and sleepy youg man, who appears to be the night watchman, materializes at the door, regards me abstractly for a moment and opens the door a crack. Immediately, two or three dogs squeeze by me and careen off into the night. The watchman slams the door shut...
...rest of the day goes nicely. dinner is fine. Each of us sits in the mirrored and chandeliered dining ball eating turkey with a fat labrador retriever on each knee. Afterward, we search the house where we located among other things, a monkey in the laundry room, a warehouse of toys in the basement, an imitation jade statue of the grandfather as Buddha, and the pictures of generals and presidents on the walls. Each of his last 5 sons is named after a different 5-star general who also serves as a godfather. In one of the photographs Eisenhower sits...
...housekeeper gives us a fat bundle of bills for the trip back which I cannot return. I am told that for him cash is like dog food. He is trying to be nice to us. We finish breakfast and leave, apologizing profusely for all the trouble we have caused...
CONFIDENTIAL TO BIG FAT LARRY: Finding God, my dear Big Fat Larry, is one thing; finding Ruth Carter Stapleton is another thing entirely. Your wife just might have a point...
...what he believes best for his town is an honored American institution. Such paragons still exist among local papers, agrees John C. Quinn, Gannett editorial director. But Quinn knows others where "the editorial position is discovered after the publisher comes back from lunch," presumably after consulting the local fat cats...