Word: junker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lost woman, Jeanine, joins von Kessel on her sleigh. The imperious old Junker, who has obviously seen better days, won't share her blanket with the younger woman. "But why won't you share? It's not fair," Jeanine whines, symbolizing the struggle of Old Europe vs. New Europe in pathetic clarity. Of course, Jeanine wins the blanket, and the last good room at their destination, the old-fashioned Richilieu...
...check for $948.64, and the guy almost didn't want my check," says Roxie. "He was worried that I was closing the account. We only had one card of everything, and now they threw two cards on us." "We started moving up in cars," adds Bill. From "a junker, tied together with a sheet," they progressed to a newer used car and then their first new Ford Galaxie in 1965. "Of course, all this was on time," says Bill. all this was on time," says Bill...
...quick mind and a penchant for hard work." Von Bülow is said to be a man of great wit and charm, but his cosmopolitan suaveness and reputed right-wing views have not appealed to all. Says one acquaintance: "He isn't a monocle popper, not a Junker type at all. He is softer, more Viennese-a real snake...