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...refreshing, after several centuries of stuffy British ethics and antique notions about the fitness of things, for the civilized world to be led now by a nation which gleefully washes its soiled linen in public and makes belligerent noises at everyone in sight, while wondering what the hell to do next ... I am . . . bemused by the gay ambivalence of the U.S. citizenry, which gets sore if Eisenhower is criticized but cheers when told that his administration "stinks." It's just this sort of subtle, penetrant reasoning that gives us all such confidence in the future...
Last year at this time, I was passing through New York City from Raleigh, N.C. to Toronto, Ontario and experienced a three-or four-hour layover between planes. Several months before, Publisher Linen in his weekly letter expressed the wish that subscribers to the magazine call in at your offices in Rockefeller Plaza to while away a spare moment. This was, therefore, an excellent opportunity to take advantage of Mr. Linen's invitation and simultaneously to occupy some time while waiting for the plane...
...search, he decides to present a panel show, "Brain's trust," to entertain the Army base. Made up of local oddities, the panel includes a love triangle composed of artist, wife, and rival. When the question of marriage is raised, these three breaks up the show, washing the soiled linen of their marriage in public, while Sim tries unsuccessfully to shift the discussion to bottle-flys and cows...
...Truly, the founders of the great United States of America must be turning in their graves to see to what a low ebb have fallen patriotism, honor and dignity . . . Please, please, wash the dirty linen in private! Remember the high principles upon which your great country was founded...
...slim woman in a blue linen suit spoke into the radiotelephone at French GHQ: "This is Mme. de Castries calling Dienbienphu. Is that you, darling?" In the fortress command post 175 miles away, Colonel de Castries came to the set. Asked Mme. de Castries: "Are you all right, Christian?" Said the colonel: "Never better." Mme. de Castries warned of the coming monsoon: "I hope your raincoat has not been destroyed." The colonel later messaged his wife for razor blades and shaving cream. "He is extremely confident," Mme. de Castries told a London Daily Express reporter. "I know...