Word: rinds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fact that her brother Stavro, a boy with crypto-homosexual longings, feels he should rank first in Patrick's affections. By novel's end, Soula has died at her brother's hand. Resignedly estranged from each other, Patrick and Iris leave Corfu chewing the bitter rind of memory, all that is left of their brief repast of the juices and joys of the sensuous life...
McInerney added, "Griswold can't just suck all the food juice out of a lemon and then throw away the rind. Before Harvard entered the picture, Puente had subscribers to his series, but many cancelled when Harvard announced that they were doing the same thing...
Frank B. wanted his son Frank A. to be a cut off the old rind. "I am going to make a cheese man out of you," he announced firmly. More than 30 years ago, young Frank, then in his early manhood, inherited about $2,000,000 from his grandparents (on his mother's side), but dutifully went into father's business. He sampled cheese-eating four to seven pounds a day. He could tell by how a cheese tasted and felt what part of the country and even what herd of cows it came from. But his heart...
Night and day under the rind...
...trouble is a plague of human locusts. His mother squeezes out the juices of her love for his dashing, rakehell brother Ben, leaves young Ase only the rind of contempt. When Ben quits the family farm to go fortune-hunting, Ase is left not only with all the chores but also with Nellie, one of Ben's girls. Nellie tries to be a good wife to him, but though she heats his bed she rarely warms his heart. They have five children, but only one, his frail daughter Dolly, ever tugs very hard at Ase's heartstrings...