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...from a wealthy, Scots-born industrialist to travel to Carnglass and buy the island and Lady MacAskival's ancient castle. In the Kirk microcosm, he obviously represents beneficial U.S. power and the rule of law, just as Lady MacAskival represents an old order that a modern conservative may mourn but cannot hope to restore. Lawyer Logan's allies-and the dream of every conservative-are simple force of character and strength of soul. These qualities are embodied by the chatelaine's niece, in whose veins "the fierce old blood of the chieftains" still flows, and a group...
...always thought the term 'major medical had something to do with the armed services"). Undoubtedly there will also be a report on how at 3 a.m. the throbbing of a finger brings thoughts of gangrene, death, the need of carrying more insurance, whether one's widower will simply mourn for years in silence, or whether he will remarry (Tammy Grimes? But can she cook?). The whole thing will be light, deft, charming, and fetch $3,000 from virtually any magazine, not to mention an eventual movie sale. Almost any intern, life insurance salesman, housewife and child over five will readily...
...life: his wife Edith, whom he married in 1915. But three years later, when Edith was expecting their first baby, she was stricken by influenza and died. "Edith is now better off than we are," Schiele told his friends. "With her all is well. We should not complain or mourn." Within three days, having caught the same disease, Schiele, too, was dead...
...agent. The real issue, said Lei, was whether the government could get away with such a "smear" of honest critics. "All we wished to do is urge the government to implement peaceful reform in order to avoid bloodshed. If the charges against me can be substantiated, I need not mourn my personal fate. But I must mourn the future of my country...
...objection to Egyptian customs. In the country districts. Moslem men often married and divorced as Western husbands buy and discard suits. There are more than 57,000 divorces annually. The deserted wife and her children were usually denied everything, and most country women, because of ignorance, did little except mourn their fate...