Word: lovelorning
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Sadat's assassination was not a lovelorn nut-case fluke like the attack on Ronald Reagan in March, nor was it the almost metaphysically surprising outrage committed six weeks later in St. Peter's Square...
...Like the lovelorn belter of the 1940s ballad Don't Get Around Much Anymore, more and more Americans are becoming chronic stay-at-homes. The high price of a night on the town is a contributing factor, but the lure of an evening in the house is more apt to center on what their owners call media rooms or entertainment centers...
...some 700 newspapers. Since he is also chairman of the House Select Committee on Aging, Congressman Pepper's "Lonely Heart's Club" banter will deal with the concerns of the elderly. But like any columnist worth his salt, Pepper will spice up matters with advice to the lovelorn. Asked one reader: "I am 74 years old, a widower, and am seriously considering marriage to a woman who is 68. We are curious to know whether a lot of people our age get married." His reply: "They sure do. In ,1977, there were 21,180 brides...
...confused and the lonely. The Old Boys (1964) and The Boarding House (1965) had funny moments; yet the novels' deeper impressions were made by sympathy for the elderly and middle-aged attempting to preserve a fleeting respectability. The Love Department (1967) rollicked along on the efforts of a lovelorn columnist to stamp out adultery, but the book is remembered best for a punishing point: seducers can be staggering bores. The abysmal selfishness suffered by the unloved haunts Trevor's previous novel, The Children of Dynmouth (1977), in which a 15-year-old boy turns into a blackmailer...
...facing the classic problem of all hopeless romantics in "Used To," the third song of the evening, gives up her search for an Aryan demigod when swept away by a sweet schlep. Though we never found out just how long it was before her affair crashed, Woo's lovelorn overachiever presages the cast's comprehensive review of their dealings with boys from a casual come hither to determined attempts to do without...