Word: monkish
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...singular genius who shuffled about on summer days swathed in mufflers and overcoats (because of his hypochondria), and in concerts sat himself down on a pygmy chair and proceeded to sigh, groan, sing and wave his hands about as he played? Who could resist the story of the monkish prodigy who burst onto the scene at 23 only to abandon concerts for good eight years later? When Gould died at 50 in 1982, he left behind a mess of unanswered letters and a plethora of unanswered questions. Now, for the first time, the whole jumble has been largely straightened...
Religious enthusiast and son-in-law William Roper (John Malone), with his monkish garb and holier-than-thou epithets is every father's worst nightmare. Only angelic daughter Margaret, played by a convincingly sweet Mary-Dixie Carter, is able to soothe her father's troubled conscience without reproach...
...scale at 201 lbs., a lot of it jelly around his 43-in. belly. And now, after walk-jogging 150 miles, biking 1,026 more and weight lifting 3 million lbs., the man is 163 lbs. with the pared-down look of an ascetic, an image heightened by the monkish fringe of hair but destroyed by the gleeful colors he wears...
...John the Evangelist is a genuine monastery, and it has been in its location at 950 Memorial Drive, behind the Charles Hotel, for 50 years. The full-fledged community of Episcopal monks wears black cassocks and observes silence at meals, but that's about as far as the monkish stereotype goes...
...WORLD OF Robertson Davies is akin to a Gothic Cathedral. Amid gargoyles, demons, angels, saints, monkish chants, exotic beasts, and arcane spells, Davies weaves his enchantments. With the Depford Trilogy under his belt and, more recently, The Rebel Angels to his credit, Davies has established himself not only as a major force in Canadian literature but as a truly talented if slightly cultish figure on the international literary scene...