Word: greying
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...wandered in, but the Cardinal Cushing Catholic School for Girls still has hall monitors. I was stopped by an imposing lady in grey who demanded, "Do you have a pass?" Deafness seemed like the best defense, so I pretended not to hear her, smiled and asked "How long has this school been here...
...grey lady in a bright red dress was standing in front of another picture of Richard Cardinal Cushing--this one was signed. She looked at my reporter's notebook and asked suspiciously who I was. "How long has this school been here?" I asked. I can repeat questions...
...efforts could succeed in attracting visitors in time for the fall and winter holidays. The Tourism Ministry is working with New York City's Grey Entertainment & Media company to launch a new campaign next month. The theme: "See Israel. See for yourself." If the demonstrations continue to taper off and Israel is replaced in the news by other world events, there still seems to be a chance that more tourists will do just that...
Ultimately, Lessing sides with the Lovatts' all-suffering parents. It is hard to resist identifying Lessing with Dorothy, Harriet's mother. Dorothy, the kind, sage, grey-haired granny is forced to rescue her daughter from the implications of her fertility. Dorothy "knew the cost, in every way, of a family, even a small one." She dispenses advice just as Lessing provides us with a cautionary tale, a morality play. Lessing observes the irresponsibilty of her society and echoes the sentiment Dorothy has about her daughter. She says, "Sometimes you scare...
...letter writer's expression." For example, in 1941 Salinger dated Oona O'Neill, daughter of Playwright Eugene O'Neill and future wife of Charlie Chaplin. In one unpublished letter, Salinger imagined a scene from the couple's domestic life: "I can see them at home evenings. Chaplin squatting grey and nude, atop his chiffonier, swinging his thyroid around his head by his bamboo cane, like a dead rat. Oona in an aquamarine gown, applauding madly from the bathroom." The banned Hamilton version: "At one point in a letter to Burnett ((Salinger)) provides a pen portrait of the Happy Hour Chez...