Word: jealous
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...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...
Arturo De Cordova portrays the husband with the proper combination of brutality and sympathy. When he apologizes after a jealous fit or pounds the floor in frustration after failing to kill his wife, Cordova is a powerfully tragic figure. As his wife, Delia Garces seems sufficiently trapped by her love and her fear of this man. She is terrified when neither her padre nor her mother will believe her story...
...world? . . . Is it fanciful, absurd, or unjust to imagine that these intellectuals might some day take up the defense of their insulted country? . . . The world needs America, not so much her money or atomic bombs as the wisdom and courage of her people, the example of her institutions, her jealous regard for the freedom of the individual, and her social equilibrium...
...after twelve years of marriage to one wife, Indonesia's revered President Soekarno decided to take unto himself a second. Indonesia's Moslem clubwomen, surprisingly as jealous of female prerogative as those in any U.S. midwestern town, were icy with disapproval, but there was little they could do about it. Blessed by Islamic law and local custom, the nation's second First Lady, a divorcee of 32, was duly ensconced in the presidential palace at Bogor. Cleaving loyally to the first First Lady, 31-year-old Fatmawati, all that the indignant clubwomen could do was to snub...
...other jealous husbands, both subsequently divorced, admitted that they had subscribed to Broady's service to spy on their wives (TV Songstress Kyle Mac-Donnell and Glamour Girl Tauni de Les-seps), but both counts were thrown out of court, because in New York State it is legal for a client to have his own phone tapped...