Word: kittenized
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...Much of that book has now been reproduced in facsimile with explanatory text. The epic tells of ancient kings of Persia, real and mythical, beset by devils and dynastic rivalries. The pictures are Persian miniatures, with details so fine that they had to be painted with brushes made from kitten fur and the tails of squirrels. A delight, an education and one of the year's best buys...
...just such a starveling kitten of a comedy. The title is classified-ad shorthand for an apartment with a river view. The locale is Manhattan. Inspecting the rent-controlled flat are two strangers, Anne (Jane Alexander) and Paul (Jerry Orbach), both married, but with their respective spouses otherwise occupied. A missing doorknob effectively locks them in together...
...hard-eyed regulars who make up Harvard's biggest and best poker game are hardly the type that would show mercy to a woman and they will sit for hours, patiently waiting for the one hand that can make the whole evening worth while. Kitten has held her own this year and last. "I'm well ahead for the year." she says, but admits that lately she has "gotten burnt...
...Palm Beach type avoided Kitten's searching smile and dropped his eyes, trying to avoid tipping his hand. Kitten though a long while, lit up a cigarette, said, "Give me a minute, I need time to think" and them called. She lost...
...over and the next hand was started, everyone relaxed and talked about what bad cards they had been getting. A few drunks came by and talked about the Bruins hockey game the next night, and then when the game was allover and the debts were paid up, Kitten leaned back in her chair and reflected for a minute. "I want to go to Gardenia (California's poker palaces). That's where I really want to go, and try to see if I can make it for a living. It would...