Word: frailness
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...that party membership would not get him a free trip to Moscow, he dropped out. And at Oxford, when he was 20, he published his first book, his only book of poetry. Babbling April owed both its mood and title to Edna St. Vincent Millay, and it was pretty frail stuff.* The really big thing that happened to Greene at Oxford was meeting Vivien Dayrell-Browning, a dark, pretty girl with a flawless complexion, and a Roman Catholic...
With the nomination of Ruiz Cortínez, the solid citizens of PRI's leadership swung away from the flashy playboyism of handsome Miguel Alemán. Greying, frail and 58, with a strong facial resemblance to Boris Karloff (his nickname is Cara de Calavera-Skullface), Ruiz Cortínez is a far cry from the magnetic type traditionally admired by Mexicans. Said a political reporter last week, "Mexico is now going to get a Coolidge...
...front of all this offensive talent, Anderson has had no trouble making up a powerful, experienced line. Every starter is a letterman with the exception of 200-pound sophomore tackle Mike Cooney, a strongman who teams perfectly with the other tackle, "Jack the Giant" Feltch, a frail 230-pounder. Behind these, the Crusaders have three letter-winners, including such familiar and effective operators as Vic Rimkus and Tony Staryzinski...
Premier Mohammed Mossadeq, his frail body supercharged with fanaticism, early last week went before the Iranian Senate and announced an ultimatum to London: he would give the British two weeks to reopen the suspended oil negotiations on Iran's old terms. Alternative: he would cancel the residence permits of 300 British technicians still hanging on at Abadan, and toss them out of the country. The Senators endorsed the Premier...
Recently in Bogota, Candido, now 90, saw mention in a newspaper of someone named Licht. Diligent backtracking from this clue led him to his son Daniel, a Bogotá poster artist with children and grandchildren. After recovering from his astonishment, Daniel took his father to the frail, 82-year-old wife he had last seen 50 years before. In the cool, brick-floored upstairs hall of the Bogota home for the aged where she lived, they tearfully embraced. Then, white-bearded Old Soldier Candido Licht looked at her, his son,-his grandchildren and his great-grandchildren, and spoke with pride...