Word: idler
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...Romantic heroines, after all, are supposed to choose emotion over responsibility. But that was when there were suitable romantic heroes. Try as she might, Anna cannot convey the magic and charm she perceives in Leo. To the nonsmitten observer, he seems to be little more than a foul-mouthed idler and sponge, an unmitigated egotist who is capable of remarking, when Anna tells him that their lovemaking has resulted in pregnancy, "I'm just not anxious to have any kid. There's a way in which I see it as a form of self-indulgence, really...
...Bail is told by an educated Indian woman who has thrown her prospects away on an idler named Rajee. She supports them both by working in a shop, while he makes imaginary business deals in coffee- houses and visits his mistress twice a week. Rajee is arrested for some unspecified offense; the woman's father, who sacrificed so that she might improve her standing in society, mourns loudly over the disastrous course she has chosen. She remembers instead how her father and Rajee agreed to her marriage after she had poured kerosene over her clothes and prepared to set herself...
...spokesman for Idler employees said yesterday they had made a group decision not to comment on possible unionization. And an employee who refused to give his name, said yesterday there was "nothing going on" at the Blue Parrot...
Employees of the Blue Parrot restaurant and Idler cafe will not likely unionize in response to the recent firing of all employees at the Ha'Penny pub and Ferdinand's restaurant, union officials said yesterday. All four restaurants are owned by the same person...
...response to the unexpected dismissal of all Ha'Penny workers the week before. Officials of Local 26, Hotel Restaurant Institutional Employees and Bartenders Union, AFL-CIO, which represents the dismissed Ferdinand's workers said at the time of the firings that they were talking to employees of the Idler and Blue Parrot...