Word: horridness
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...Japan's anti-American left-wing Socialists and Communists, however, the opening of the new range seemed an ideal opportunity to dramatize Japanese opposition to U.S. military bases. Agitators poured into the village, harping on the bordello shantytowns that had sprung up around other U.S. bases and the horrid fate that Uchinada's women could expect to suffer at the hands of the G.I.s. Soon sweating demonstrators, their heads wrapped in towels to indicate do-or-die determination, were marching along the fence, carrying signs which said: DON'T ASK QUESTIONS—GET...
...Forester last week disclosed the agony to which his hero has long subjected him. Excerpt from Ballade to an Old Friend: I set Your Lordship in the House of Peers- / But you have brought me many a quid pro quo / Because we've been together twenty years . . . / Yet horrid Horry mawkish matelot, / Obnoxious more, I think, to friend than foe, / Your very name excruciates my ears- / I hope you roast in hell, Horatio, / Because we've been together twenty years...
...moment), and the "how many free passes did they give" determination. Another system which is not fully appreciated is listed below. With the aid of these lists, the reviewer simply picks the words which seem to fit...or just sound nice. for great movies for fair ones for the horrid sort splendid however insipid thrilling but incredible compelling heart warming absurd captivating headlong insulting uplifting perhaps bosomy driving money-maker for a dollar skilled Oscar candidate a woman in the back row insight for Broadway one eyed cameraman grandeur bad translation not since the Outlaw depth heavy a wounded swan...
...very important that . . . the body should lie . . . south-north or north-south." On what to wear: "A very long, pure silkworm silk nightgown, sleeveless with a lace top, wide, and so long that it trails for about eight inches on the ground when one stands up . . . no horrid draughts anywhere." On twin beds: "An invention of the devil, jealous of married bliss...
...half-insane master of a decrepit boarding school, "a big, bearded man with full lips like an Assyrian king on a monument, immensely strong, physically dirty." Smacking his lips after breakfast. Oldie would gaze round the classroom, pick the day's victim: "Oh, there you are, Rees. you horrid boy. If I'm not too tired, I shall give you a good drubbing this afternoon." When he could, Lewis would withdraw to an oasis of private joy-books, nature and the music of Richard Wagner...