Word: mistressing
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...upon bolt of Thai silk and other fabrics into Viet Nam "in excess of his demonstrable personal need," illegally converting $12,000 worth of Vietnamese piastres and U.S. military scrip into dollars, and-possibly the most offensive of all sins to his shore-based seniors-installing Jannie as his mistress...
...rather arch answers on the witness stand had hurt him badly. Sheppard did not testify at his second trial and, fortunately for him, neither did Susan Hayes, the attractive lab technician who appeared at Ihe first trial and suggested a motive by admitting she had been Sheppard's mistress. Indeed, This lime, with Susan married and living in California, Ihe prosecution barely gol her name into Ihe record...
...airline captain may be the world's best pilot, but he may not fly without "good moral character." Captain "Richard Roe," father of four, had an unblemished 15-year record with a U.S. airline. He also had a young mistress whom he forced to pose for obscene photographs. When "Miss Doe" married another man, Roe vindictively sent at least 33 of the pictures to the couple's friends, relatives and employers. Not only did Miss Doe attempt suicide; her husband divorced her. Voiding his pilot's license, the Civil Aeronautics Board ruled that Roe has "a significant...
...still get home in time to dine with his family. As a result, French philanderers have made a noble sacrifice: instead of the long leisurely lunch of yore, the ardent lover grabs a quick sandwich and a bottle of refreshing Vichy water, then dashes off to see his mistress from 2 to 4. Even the improving French postal service works in his favor: outgoing office mail, which under the old romantic regime had to be posted no later than 5 p.m., can now be postponed as late as 7 p.m., thus giving the amorous executive time for both lust...
...tendency to mix, or imperfectly finish its conventions. The third act opening (where the play stops because seven of the company are struck with botulism) is magnificent and hilarious because the whole company, especially Beck and Jamie Rosenthal (playing a Miss Somerset playing Sabina, George Antrobus' maid and quondam mistress) degenerates from high flown symbols to grumbling Loebies. The switch is drastic and devastating...