Word: harridans
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...love affairs are legion; yet in her ample bosom, religion burns with a white flame. She thrives on a noisy 15-hour workday. In Bolivia, she is called "half-breed"; in Paraguay, "burro rider"; in Haiti, "Madame Sarah." Everyone knows her as the market woman, the indispensable harridan of commerce who easily ranks as the No. 1 retailer to Latin America's lower classes...
Wellington thought back to the vacation. It was only after considerable study that he had invited Eugenie to Annie's Christmas party. Later, in a calmer mood, Wellington had shuddered at what lay ahead; he remembered Annie as a loud little harridan...
...good but henpecked man who, when vexed, is fond of wondering how his idol, Cardinal Spellman, would deal with his parishioners. "Oh, Lord, let her eat fewer raw onions, let her abstain from onions, let her learn to abhor them," he implores, after listening in tears to his harridan of a housekeeper. Among Father Roque's other trials are an arrogant matron who will not bathe ("Imagine finding yourself naked in a puddle of water!"), a telephone operator who like most of her sisters answers a driving call of curiosity, and virile fishermen who give silent Spanish lessons...
...Harridan & Son (ABC, 8-8:30 p.m.). Pat O'Brien in a new series about a New York lawyer...
...Whose actress sister Hermione was nominated for an Oscar this year for her portrayal of the loose-lipped harridan in Room...