Word: mane
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...congratulations," boomed Australia's Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies as he celebrated his threescore and ten last week. "It's the end of the road, and nobody will be very excited if I live to be 71." But the acid old statesman with the snow-white mane and beetling black brows did seem to be mellowing after 16 years as Down Under's chief of state. He surprised newsmen with a rare birthday interview, chatted breezily for half an hour, even posed for cameramen before shooing them away with word that on doctor's orders...
...roll singers whose fans scream the French transliteration of "yeah, yeah" at them whenever they sing. One called Sheila wears bows in her hair and is imitated by women who really see themselves as hoydens un-demolished. Another, Francoise, is long and lissome, with a long mane, long shanks, and good possibilities in the sixth at Longchamps. But all the Humbert Humberts, three-quarters of the Lucky Pierres, and half the women of France reserve their special attention for 19-year-old Sylvie Vartan, a beautiful blonde in the rinsed and leggy French tradition, with a mouth like a tulip...
...wonderful, especially after Stokowski") and turn up in high fashion for his concerts. On anniversary night last week, all were in their places to hear Sir John conduct a sparkling Cockaigne Overture, a disappointing Death and Transfiguration, a warm and distinguished Beethoven Seventh. Sir John's greying mane shook in a fury of excitement at every climax. Over his leprechaun's face passed fleeting expressions of sweet affection, wistful pleading and stout, unfailing pride, rather like Lord Nelson...
...point (never mind why) a character is riding a mare through a snowstorm. He feels his saddle slipping and rides "like an Indian ducking rifle fire. Was he on her or beneath her? Was it the mane or the tail in his face?" There you have the book. The reader enjoys the ride, then feels himself slipping. A mutinous suspicion arises-does the author really know mane from tail...
Thirty-three-year-old King Hassan also brought with him crates of gifts; but left behind in Rabat was a small, shiny grey horse with the Moroccan colors of red and green plaited in its mane, which had been intended as a present for Caroline...