Word: rotundity
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...immortal lines emerge from this lively farce unless it be those in the program notes which conclude, "Apparently there is no secluded corner of this troubled orb where the rotund Romeo does not have a counterpart; for, no matter what the customs or the climate, there are wives who are merry and husbands who are cuckolds." Albeit that wastrel Falstaff does get off a few juicy monologues on the vices of good and the virtues of evil, they are nothing one would want to add to his personal book of rules...
Oskar Lange was the pedantic Pole. The rotund onetime teacher and U.S.-naturalized citizen, who now serves as Warsaw's Ambassador to Washington, squirmed, mugged and needled his way through the discussion. He listened with smug approval to his own high-pitched voice, glanced around beamingly for the laudatory nods and bobs of his four advisers. The more satisfied he seemed with his role as apologist for Russia and cross-examiner of Iran, the more pronounced became his facial...
...fabulously rich, famously rotund Aga Khan came to Bombay to be publicly weighed, like any of his jockeys. Unlike any jockey, the Aga Khan tipped the scale at 243½ lbs. While the spiritual leader of Ismailite Mohammedans sat in a gold-brocaded chair bestowing blessings on the throng, bearers piled glittering diamonds on the other side of the scale. Their value was about $2,200,000. Fifty thousand Ismaili, crowded into Bombay for the occasion, were humbly grateful when the Aga Khan gave the money back to them, in trust...
Pink, squat Jacques Duclos, 50, veteran of the GPU, is No. 2 Communist. Last week he blared the party's new line: "We are the champions and defenders of the middle class." Other Communist leaders: ruddy, rotund Florimond Bonte, 55, clerk's son and charter party member, is the Communist foreign affairs expert. Tall, devious Andre Marty, 59, an International Brigadier in the Spanish Civil War, is the party hellion...
...Zenith. Two years after Main Street, Novelist Lewis did a similar job for the U.S. small city (Zenith) and the U.S. businessman. George F. Babbitt, the rotund realtor, trapped in the dilemmas of middle-aged marriage and infidelity and the saurian rip and slash of pitiless business competition, was Lewis' most human and lovable character, as Babbitt was his most mature work...