Word: hidey
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...title poem "Elegy for the Southern Drawl," placed strategically in the book's middle, is welcomingly sprinkled with the sounds of "yes'm," "no'm" and "hidey" as Jones transports his reader temporarily to the forklift, the Shoney's or the Appalachian foothills. But it is not all a happy remembrance. At several points, the speaker reveals his embarrassment, that "until fourth grade, [he] spoke rarely...
...placenta is still in place. Kyle is on the warming table, all 9 lbs. 7 oz. "That's no infant," the merry nurse says, "that's a toddler." Father Kevin scoops up his swaddled son and greets him, then lays him tenderly on his mother's chest. "Well, hidey-ho," she says...
...febrile reiteration of the word "soul mate" in myriad forms ("sole mate") reminds us of the pitch of Byers' anecdotes and how seriously he takes himself. An intriguing and feverish last passage asks agitatedly, "Where is your soul? Is it here?" as if prodding a criminal into revealing his hidey-hole. It's almost as if the author were ascertaining the location of the soul in order to negotiate with it a treaty of interpersonal alliance--the frantic "Is it here?" expressing the desperation of the fellow human sufferer, victim of the everlasting hell that is loneliness, aching for friendship...
...Washington Bureau Chief Hugh Sidey has been trekking to the apex since John Kennedy's day. White House Correspondent Jerrold Hehecter, once our man in Moscow, shared the reporting chores with Hidey on the presidential journey to Peking. John Shaw, who has been covering the Soviet Union since February, previously reported from such diverse capitals as Saigon, Rome, London and Jerusalem...
...Everett-Orient Line. In Calcutta the Dolpheverett's sister ship Rutheverett is being confiscated outright by the Indian government. After a week-long search during which they all but dismantled the ship, Indian customs officers uncovered aboard the Rutheverett $700,000 worth of gold stashed away in hidey-holes ranging from the ship's garbage bin to secret compartments...