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Cuddy said traditionally in Ireland, each farmer has a brood matron from which he breeds a litter. This contrasts with the huge greyhound breeding farms in Texas and Florida. "In Ireland, things are not so institutionalized as here. In my opinion, though, multi-million dollar plants do not necessarily make racing better," Cuddy said...
Charles Saxon's One Man's Fancy (Dodd, Mead; unpaged; $10.95) is a collage of upwardly mobile Americana. "Is it Manet or Monet who isn't as good as the other?" asks a culture-hungry matron. A father holds his little girl's hand: "What did you learn in school today?" She shows him: an over-the-shoulder judo throw...
Lufthansa's passenger business itself took a dip early in the week, falling about 10% below normal in London, for example. But some passengers were determined to fly Lufthansa. Said an indignant Hamburg matron: "I won't give those terrorist dirt the satisfaction of having scared me away...
...crafty murderess Velma Keily, "The Girls" admit to the rather hideous murders of various husbands, lovers and cheaters with the cruel excuse "They had it coming, they had it coming." Roxie fears all is lost until she is taken under the wing of the ward matron Mama, who for a small fee, is pleased to point her in the direction of a cunning and flashy lawyer named Billy Flynn...
Gone are the elderly matron sort of coaches that politely prodded their charges with the kind of encouragement common to all kindergarten teachers. They have been replaced by young, professional coaches who know how to produce results and bring home the wins...