Word: pardoner
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...Grandpa Firebrace has reached the age when he is only too happy to pardon all error, especially his own. His former son-in-law, Sir Roderick Shelley, strives to be an impartial judge, especially when it would cause him discomfort to take sides. Sir Roderick's second wife, Maria, who is fighting for respect in a household that is strongly under the influence of the first Lady Shelley's relatives, hopes to win it by chivvying her two children to an impossible peak of perfection. The children in turn, hope to reward her love by achieving the impossible...
Pity is buried deep, even Pardon...
...seems some conniving hombres were running squirrel-pieces to the Indians, and the U.S. government couldn't find out who was doing it. So the governor, as a last resort, busted Calamity Jane Russell out of jail and offered her a pardon if she caught the outlaws. Jane married a traveling dentist, Painless Peter Potter, for a blind and tipped off the crooks that he was the Federal. The two race through an ambush, two dozen gunfights, a chase, and an Indian war dance before they finally escape from the crafty redmen and foil the outlaws. It's a frantic...
Suddenly Vishinsky noticed that Syria's white-thatched Paris el Khouri had fallen asleep. Said Vishinsky with heavy sarcasm: "I wish the distinguished Syrian delegate the best of health. I beg his pardon for disturbing him. I want him to hear me. I hope he does hear me. I do not know what measures will have to be taken in order to make sure that he will hear me . . ." El Khouri finally woke up. What Vishinsky had wanted him to hear was hardly worth...
...Certain provocative postures accentuate still more the indecency . . . especially ... a certain posture (pardon the comparison!) which brings to mind a posture that dogs often use. These ladies seem to think it impossible to skate gracefully without lifting a leg as high as possible . . . and facing the audience...