Word: matronly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Desolation of the Soul. In his most ambitious story, 63: Dream Palace, he tells of two young hillbillies from West Virginia who come to bad ends in Chicago, and of their only mourners, a writer improbably named Parkhearst Cratty and a wealthy matron most commonly called "greatwoman." Again the theme is one that could be comic-the adventures of a yokel in a big city. Again, the working out is pure terror, with murder of the body and desolation of the soul at the end. Author Purdy dislikes to be considered morbid and argues that "despair in art shows concern...
Upper-class Lebanese were unenthusiastic at the news. Said one Beirut matron: "What will she get out of it that she hasn't got at home? Food? She's got food. Clothes? She's got clothes. Queen, indeed! She will be a prisoner." But Ferial herself was reported to be delighted. "All she thinks of is the jewels," said one of her girl friends, as Beirut echoed with gossip that Saud was preparing to give his prospective bride $150,000 worth of gems. Ferial's none-too-prosperous parents were also pleased-they had six other...
...often heard to remonstrate, "don't get so annoyed!") and curbing his quarterdeck vocabulary. By way of return, Philip himself can be credited for the fact that his mousy, slightly frumpy and occasionally frosty bride has blossomed into a self-confidently stylish and often radiantly warm young matron...
...when he likes, Philip can turn on a charm that is dazzling, does it with an easy irreverence royalty seldom achieves. Walking down a line of spectators, he noticed a young girl pretending to swoon as he passed. Philip grinned at her: "Steady, now." On another occasion, a young matron took a look at him and murmured: "Mmmmm." Philip heard her, looked her up and down, and said: "MMMMMMmmm." He may examine a Buckingham Palace menu in elaborate French, remark cheerily to the guests: "Ah, good. Fish and chips again...
...question of service. Even so, say repairmen, the public usually brings much of the trouble on itself. Some 30% of all service calls are "nuisance" calls, such as explaining the operation of appliances to people who never bother to read the instructions, and argue, as did one Washington matron: "Why should I? I know how to run these things without reading about them." In New Orleans a housewife phoned angrily that her new freezer was defrosting; the repairman found it was unplugged. In Maple Shade, NJ. an infuriated motorist called the service station to tow his stalled car away...